Results
Casey and Slater Shortlisted for the 2024 CrimeFest Awards
Congratulations to Jane Casey and Ali
Gabe Gilmour
Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson
Declan Lawn spent ten years as an investigative reporter for BBC Panorama. As a screenwriter, he is inspired by the capacity for television drama to act as a companion to journalism, telling powerful stories about how the modern world really works.
Stef Smith
Stef is an exciting young award-winning Australian filmmaker and established commercials director. Most recently Stef directed the JONES FAMILY CHRISTMAS for Stan starring Heather Mitchell and the Australian Academy nominated comedy series MONOLOGUE.
Jen Wakefield
Jen is a screenwriter and writer from London. A former Primary School Teacher, Jen cut her teeth in stand-up comedy, taking three shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, with her one-woman show being selected as part of the Soho Rising Festival at Soho Theatre.
Seán Columb is a Reader in Transnational Criminal Law at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool. His research interests include human trafficking, extra-legal migration, and transnational crime.
Nikkitha Bakshani is a London-based writer. She has an MA in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths, and has worked for publications like Food52, Departures, and the Paris Review. Her first novel will be published in 2024 by Fleet.