M. W. Craven

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M.W. Craven
BornMike Craven
1968 (age 5556)
Carlisle, England, United Kingdom
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Period2015–present
Genre Fiction, crime, thriller
Notable worksWashington Poe Series
Website
www.mwcraven.com

Mike W. Craven (born 1968) is an English crime writer. He is the author of the Washington Poe series and the DI Avison Fluke series. In 2019 his novel The Puppet Show won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award. [1]

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Biography

Craven was born in Carlisle and grew up in Newcastle. [2] He joined the British Army at the age of 16. [3] After two and a half years' training as an armourer, he spent 10 years travelling the world with the army. In 1995, he left the army and began a degree in social work, specialising in criminology, psychology, and substance misuse, before joining the Cumbria Probation Service in Whitehaven as a probation officer. [4] After 16 years of service, with the rank of assistant chief executive, he accepted redundancy, and became a full-time author. [3]

Awards

Personal life

Craven lives in Carlisle with his wife, Joanne, and his springer spaniel, Bracken. [4]

Novels

Avison Fluke series

OrderTitleYear
1Born in a Burial Gown2015
2Body Breaker2017
Short storiesAssume Nothing, Believe Nobody, Challenge Everything2015

Washington Poe series

OrderTitleYear
1The Puppet Show2018
2Black Summer2019
3The Curator2020
Short storiesCut Short2020
4Dead Ground2021
5The Botanist2022
Quick Reads NovellaThe Cutting Season2022

Ben Koenig series

OrderTitleYear
1Fearless2023

Reception

Craven's work has been well received in publications such as The Times, [12] Woman & Home, [13] Female First, [14] Whispering Stories, [15] [16] and What's Good To Read [17]

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