Edwards, Martin: - Martin Edwards received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in UK crime writing, in 2020. The author of twenty novels, he has received various other awards including the Edgar from Mystery Writers of America and the CWA Dagger in the Library, judged by British librarians. He has been nominated for CWA Gold Daggers three times and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Prize for best crime novel of the year for The Coffin Trail. The Arsenic Labyrinth was shortlisted for Lakeland Book of the Year. He is a former chair of the Crime Writers' Association and since 2015, he has been President of the Detection Club.