Stav Sherez

Stav Sherez (born 1970) is a British novelist^[1] whose first novel, The Devil's Playground,^[2] was published in 2004 by Penguin Books and was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger. In July 2018 he won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for his fifth novel, The Intrusions, the third outing for his detectives Jack Carrigan and Geneva Miller.^[3]

Biography

Born in 1970, Sherez grew up in London and attended Latymer Upper School and the University of Leeds. Sherez's second novel, The Black Monastery, was published by Faber & Faber in April 2009. From 1999 to 2004 he was a main contributor to the music magazine Comes with a Smile. From December 2006 he has been literary editor of the Catholic Herald.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Devil's Playground 2004 (Penguin) – Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Best First Novel Award
• The Black Monastery 2009 (Faber & Faber)
• A Dark Redemption 2012 (Faber & Faber) – Shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2013
• Eleven Days 2013 (Faber & Faber) – Shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2014
• The Intrusions 2017 (Faber & Faber) – Winner of the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2018^{[citation needed]}

Short stories

• "God Box", published in Perverted by Language: Fiction Inspired by the Fall, Serpent's Tail 2007
• "Hotel Room", published in The Flash, Social Disease 2007

References

1. "Holidays from Hell – Stav Sherez interview". Epsom Guardian. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
2. Horton, Sara (27 May 2006). "Deadly trail of blood and gore". Gulf Daily News. from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
3. Lea, Richard "Stav Sherez wins crime novel of the year for 'moving the genre forward'" 23 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, 19 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

External links

• Author website