R.J. Ellory

RJ Ellory is the author of fifteen novels published by Orion UK, and available in twenty-six additional languages. He has won the Quebec Booksellers' Prize, the Livre De Poche Award, the Strand Magazine Novel of The Year, the Mystery Booksellers of America Award, the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize, the Quebec Laureat, the Prix Du Roman Noir, the Plume d'Or for Thriller Internationale 2016, the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, both the St. Maur and Villeneuve Readers' Prizes, the Balai d'Or 2016, and has twice won the Grand Prix des Lecteurs. He has received a further seven international award nominations include two Barrys, the 813 Trophy, and the Europeen Du Point. Amongst other projects, he is also the guitarist and vocalist of The Whiskey Poets, having recently completed the band's second album and also a series of compositions for film and television for Universal Records. He is an enthusiastic photographer, and has recently exhibited his work in Corsica and Milan.