Madingley Hall welcomed the third cohort of students to Cambridge’s Crime & Thriller Writing master’s degree (MSt). Emily taught about setting, critique, and clarity.

Emily Winslow and Menna van Praag launched the Cambridge Creative Writing Company, teaching dayschools and master classes in Cambridge’s historic city centre

Emily Winslow and Tabitha Siklos presented prizes for a love story competition at Jesus College, Cambridge

Jane Doe January among feminist books in controversial display in China:

“Several bookstores set up sections for books that could help readers understand the case, including “Masculine Domination” by Pierre Bourdieu, “Men Explain Things to Me” by Rebecca Solnit and “Jane Doe January: My Twenty-Year Search for Truth and Justice” by Emily Winslow….The bookstores were told to take down their special sections. Professors were warned not to discuss Xiaohuamei’s case with their students.” from The New York Times; see link.

Emily taught the novel-writing term of the Certificate in Creative Writing and the crime-writing term of the Diploma in Creative Writing for ICE at the University of Cambridge.

Emily began teaching the second cohort of the Crime and Thriller Writing MSt degree at the University of Cambridge

Hosted by Karen Dionne and Hank Phillippi Ryan for a memoir-themed meet-the-authors event at The Back Room

Emily Winslow and Tabitha Siklos presented prizes for a crime story competition at Jesus College, Cambridge

Emily taught the novel-writing terms of the Certificate in Creative Writing and the crime-writing terms of the Diploma in Creative Writing for ICE at the University of Cambridge..

Emily Winslow and Tabitha Siklos edited a collection of ghost stories for Jesus College, Cambridge.

Emily teaches the novel-writing term of the Certificate in Creative Writing and the crime-writing term of the Diploma in Creative Writing at Madingley Hall, and is on the core faculty for Cambridge’s brand new two-year MSt in Crime and Thriller Writing, starting in January 2020

Emily speaks about ghost stories on Halloween evening at the Master’s Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge

Jane Doe January‘s Chinese translation put into a 32-volume nonfiction box set

Jane Doe January‘s Chinese translation was “book of the week” at Beijing News Book Review Weekly. It was listed as the main book, alongside “How to Set a Fire and Why” by Jesse Ball (literature), “Society and Economy, Framework and Principles” by Mark Granovetter (economic), and “The Unofficial NES/Famicom: a Visual Compendium” from Bitmap Books (culture).

Jane Doe January translation comes out from Shanghai Translation Publishing House as “女人无名” (Woman Nameless). Here it is in bookstores in Shanghai and in Chengdu:

Emily teaches the novel-writing term of the Certificate in Creative Writing and the crime-writing term of the Diploma in Creative Writing at Madingley Hall

Emily teaching a day-school in crime writing at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall:

“Writing crime: darkness and light
Why are stories based on something as dark as murder so enjoyable? Spend a day with crime novelist Emily Winslow exploring the ways that the structures of crime stories are so often actually inspiring. Learn how to build a fictional plot of your own, or to better appreciate the stories you read and watch.”

LOOK FOR HER, the fourth novel in the Keene & Frohmann series, comes out from William Morrow (US/Can)

Emily meets with Heffers’ Crimecrackers book club, 6pm

Emily teaching the “approaches to long fiction” term of the Undergraduate Certificate in Creative Writing at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall

“Deadly Women” with Sophie Hannah, Alison Bruce & Emily Winslow at Heffers Bookshop

Are women deadlier and more lethal than men? Join crime writers Sophie Hannah, Alison Bruce and Emily Winslow at Heffers as they discuss whether, in their opinion, this is the case – and whether there’s still a place for women-only publications and prizes in the crime fiction genre.

This event is taking place to coincide with the publication of Deadlier, an anthology of 100 stories by female crime writers, and to celebrate the release of Sophie Hannah’s latest novel, Did You See Melody?

LOOK FOR HER, the fourth novel in the Keene & Frohmann series, from Allison & Busby (UK/Aus/NZ)

Emily interviewed on Chris Mann’s BBC Cambridgeshire book club, about LOOK FOR HER

Launch party for LOOK FOR HER at Heffers, Cambridge, 6:30 pm – 8pm

An Emily Winslow story in Sophie Hannah’s new anthology “DEADLIER: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women”

JANE DOE JANUARY out in paperback in the UK/Australia/New Zealand

JANE DOE JANUARY comes out in paperback in the US and Canada

Emily interviewed on Chris Mann’s BBC Cambridgeshire drive-time book club, about JANE DOE JANUARY

Emily teaching about writing crime fiction at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall

Emily teaching about writing true crime at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall

Jane Doe January hardcover in New Zealand and India

Jane Doe January hardcover in Australia

Article about Jane Doe January in The Guardian

“Heffers’ celebrated Summer Crime Fiction party, What’s Your Poison?
Come along for an evening of mingling, a quiz and readings from some of the authors’ latest novels – and stock up on reading material for the summer!”

The HarperCollins editions of the Keene & Frohmann novels–The Whole World, The Start of Everything, and The Red House–come out in the US in paperback

Interview on the BBC World Service radio show “Outlook”

Jane Doe January hardcover in the UK

Two-page interview about Jane Doe January in The Times T2 section, by Hilary Rose

Four-page spread about Jane Doe January in You magazine in the Mail on Sunday

The HarperCollins editions of the Keene & Frohmann novels–The Whole World, The Start of Everything, and The Red House–come out in ebook in the US

Jane Doe January hardcover in South Africa

Jane Doe January ebook everywhere

Jane Doe January hardcover in the USA and Canada

Podcast 3 out of 3–HarperAudio Presents

New York Times op-ed “The Saga of my Rape Kit”

Podcast 2 out of 3–HarperAudio presents

Podcast 1 out of 3–HarperAudio Presents

GoodReads giveaway–25 copies of Jane Doe January, April 4th-April 15th 2016

7:30 PM PERSONAL APPEARANCE | Open Mind Book Evening at St Andrew’s Hall, Chesterton, Cambridge. Wine and refreshments.

1pm RADIO | Bookmark radio show with Leigh Chambers and Menna van Praag–The studio guest is crime writer, Emily Winslow. Set in Cambridge, Emily’s thrillers bring together a tangle of stories and misunderstandings to create a complex, and often dark, world. We also speak to photographer, Tim Rawle, about his latest book on the architectural history of Downing College. And Professor Ulinka Rublack from St John’s College talks about The Astronomer and the Witch, her examination of one of the most famous witchcraft trials of the 17th century.

PAPERBACK | The Red House comes out in paperback in the UK

6:30 PM PUBLIC APPEARANCE | Heffers bookshop presents the What’s Your Poison? summer crime party 2015.  Among the authors appearing will be Susan Grossey, Nicola Upson, Mandy Morton, Mike Ripley, Oliver Harris, Jeremy Cameron, Kate Rhodes, Timothy Williams, Peter Murphy, Emily Winslow, Peter Lovesey, Len Tyler, Barbara Cleverly and B K Duncan.  Join us for an (unpoisoned!) drink and an evening of literary murder and mystery.

TALK | Cambridge Women’s Luncheon Club at the University Arms Hotel

CrimeFest, Bristol UK |

11:20am Panel: “Detective Duos” with Ruth Dudley Edwards, Hans Olav Lahlum, Luca Veste and moderator: Caro Ramsay

2:50pm Panel: “How Realistic Is Crime Fiction?” with Andrew Pepper, Yrsa Sigurdarsottir, Kevin Wignall and moderator: Steve Mosby

PERSONAL APPEARANCE | Meeting with Books Afoot, a trip of the BookWomen Center for Feminist Reading from Minnesota.

PERSONAL APPEARANCE | Meeting with Books Afoot, a trip of the BookWomen Center for Feminist Reading from Minnesota.

7pm LAUNCH PARTY | Launch party for The Red House at Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge

Launch day for The Red House in hardback from Allison & Busby.

Sweden’s The English Bookshop named The Whole World their “British Crime Book of the month”

The Whole World and The Start of Everything hardcovers published in the UK by Allison & Busby

The Start of Everything published by Delacorte Press (Random House)–here with Jenny Milchman at Barnes & Noble 86th & Lexington, NYC

She Knows named The Start of Everything as their “Red Hot Book of the Week”

The Whole World published in the US by Delacorte Press (Random House)