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Elly Griffiths#Ruth Galloway series

{{Short description|English crime novelist (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Elly Griffiths

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| pseudonym = Elly Griffiths

| birth_name = Domenica de Rosa

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|08|17|}}

| birth_place = London, England

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| occupation = Author

| years_active = 2000s-present

| genre = Crime fiction, Romance, Children's fiction

| notableworks = Ruth Galloway series, Stephens and Mephisto series

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Domenica de Rosa{{cite web|url=http://ellygriffiths.co.uk/domenica-de-rosa/|title=Domenica de Rosa - Elly Griffiths|website=EllyGriffiths.co.uk|accessdate=2 March 2017}} (born 17 August 1963, in London),{{cite web|url=http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857|website=Quercus Books|title=Elly Griffiths|access-date=11 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908105358/http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857|archive-date=8 September 2015|url-status=dead}} known by her pen name Elly Griffiths, is a British crime novelist. She has written three series as Griffiths, one featuring Ruth Galloway, one featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto, and the Harbinder Kaur series.

Early life

After reading English at King's College London, Griffiths worked in publishing for many years.{{cite book

|author=Griffiths, Elly

|title=The Crossing Places

|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

|year=2009

|isbn=978-0547229898

|url=https://archive.org/details/crossingplaces00grif

}}

Writing career

Griffiths' first series features as a main character forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seaside cottage near King's Lynn in Norfolk and teaches at the University of North Norfolk. This character was inspired by Griffiths' husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist,{{cite web |website=Quercus Books |url=http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857 |title=The Author: Elly Griffiths |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908105358/http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} and her aunt, "who lives on the Norfolk coast and filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area". Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1), in 2009.{{cite book

| author=Griffiths, Elly

| title=The Crossing Places

| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

| year=2009

| isbn=978-0547229898

| url=https://archive.org/details/crossingplaces00grif

}}

Griffiths' second series, set in 1950s Brighton, focuses on the duo of Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Zig Zag Girl, in 2014.{{cite web |website=Quercus Books |url=http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857 |title=The Author: Elly Griffiths: The Zig Zag Girl |access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908105358/http://microsites.quercusbooks.co.uk/book/The-Zig-Zag-Girl-by-Elly-Griffiths-ISBN_9781848669857 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}

In 2017, Griffiths was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, part of the Harrogate International Festivals portfolio.{{Cite web|url=https://ellygriffiths.co.uk/news/an-update-from-elly/|title=An update from Elly|last=Griffiths|first=Elly|date=15 June 2017|access-date=30 January 2019}}

Griffiths won the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for The Stranger Diaries.{{Cite web|title=Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/|last=|first=|date=2020-05-05|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506234347/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/ |archive-date=6 May 2020 |access-date=2020-05-05}} In 2021, The Postscript Murders was shortlisted in the Gold Dagger category at the Crime Writers' Association Awards.{{cite web| url=https://thecwa.co.uk/news/dagger-shortlists-announced|title=Dagger shortlists announced| publisher=Crime Writers Association |date=May 20, 2021|access-date=June 26, 2021}}

Bibliography

=As Elly Griffiths=

==Ruth Galloway series==

  • {{cite book

| title=The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, No.1)

| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

| date=2009

| isbn=978-0547229898

| url=

}}{{cite news |last1=Duncan |first1=Kathleen |title=Reading mysteries at a mile high |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430101133/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Victoria Advocate |date=20 June 2013 |location=Victoria, Texas, USA |page=E10}}{{cite news |last1=Lytle |first1=Betty |title=Old bones lead to crime |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/452575979/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |date=28 February 2010 |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |page=10D}}

  • {{cite book

| title=The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, No.2)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2010

|isbn=978-1849161589

}}{{cite news |last1=Hoover |first1=Bob |title=What ho! Two clever novels from Britain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/96411727/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |page=B5}}{{cite news |last1=Wiener |first1=Michelle |title=Galloway returns in 'The Janus Stone' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/523365604/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=The Billings Gazette |location=Billings, Montana, USA |page=E4}}

  • {{cite book

| title=The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, No.3)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2010

|isbn=978-1849163675

}}{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Douglass K. |title=Bony mystery in 'House at Sea's End' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257915853/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Pensacola News Journal |date=15 January 2012 |location=Pensacola, Florida, USA |page=4E}}{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Cheryl |title=Griffiths delivers a crime story with character |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/475880133/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=31 July 2011 |location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |page=B9}}

  • {{cite book

| title=A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, No.4)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2012

|isbn=978-1849163668

}}{{cite news |last1=Bungert |first1=Helen |title=Griffiths stretches genre with 'Bones' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313865064/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |date=19 August 2012 |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |page=B7}}

  • {{cite book

| title=Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway, #4.5)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2012

|isbn=

}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/elly-griffiths/ruths-first-christmas-tree/9781848662407/ |title=Ruth's First Christmas Tree |date=2019-01-17 |isbn=978-1-84866-240-7 |language=en-US |last1=Griffiths |first1=Elly |publisher=Quercus }}

  • {{cite book

| title=A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, No.5)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2013

|isbn=978-0857388896

}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/crimeandthrilerbookreviews/9909811/Dying-Fall-by-Elly-Griffiths-review.html|title=Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths: Review|author=Ramsey, Terry|date= 8 March 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph}}

  • {{cite book

| title=The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, No.6)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2014

|isbn=978-0857388902

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, No.7)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2015

|isbn= 978-1848663305

}}{{cite news |last1=Whittle |first1=Kate |title=Crime fiction to beat the "True Detective" blues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/509749356/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=Missoula Independent |date=6 August 2015 |location=Missoula, Montana |page=20}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, No.8)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2016

|isbn=978-0544417854

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway, No.9)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2017

|isbn= 978-1784296599

}}{{cite news |last1=Everhart |first1=Marcie |title=Chalk book confusion up to copious characters |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/452752024/?terms=%22Elly%2BGriffiths%22 |accessdate=21 June 2019 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |date=1 October 2017 |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |page=9D}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, No.10)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2018

|isbn= 978-1784296636

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, No.11)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2019

|isbn= 978-1786487308

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway, No.12)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2020

|isbn= 978-1787477537

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, No.13)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2021

|isbn= 978-1787477803

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, No.14)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2022

|isbn= 978-1529409659

}}

  • {{cite book

| title= The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, No.15)

| publisher= Quercus Publishing

| date=2023

|isbn= 978-1529409710

}}

==''The Brighton Mysteries'' series==

  • The Zig Zag Girl (2014)
  • Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
  • The Blood Card (2016)
  • The Vanishing Box (2017)
  • Now You See Them (2019)
  • The Midnight Hour (2021)
  • The Great Deceiver (2023)

==''Harbinder Kaur'' series==

  • The Stranger Diaries (2018)
  • The Postscript Murders (2020){{cite web |title=The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths - Books |url=https://www.hachette.com.au/elly-griffiths/the-postscript-murders |website=www.hachette.com.au |access-date=24 December 2020}}
  • Bleeding Heart Yard (2022)
  • The Last Word (January 2024)

==''A Girl Called Justice'' series==

  • A Girl Called Justice (2019)
  • The Smugglers' Secret (2020)
  • A Ghost in the Garden (2021)
  • The Spy at the Window (2022)

==''Standalone''==

  • The Frozen People (2025)

=As Domenica de Rosa=

  • The Eternal City (2005)
  • One Summer in Tuscany (2008)
  • The Italian Quarter (2004)
  • The Secret of Villa Serena (2007)
  • Return to the Italian Quarter (2018)

References

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External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.ellygriffiths.co.uk/ |website=EllyGriffiths.co.uk|title=Official website}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/contributor/elly-griffiths/ |website=Quercus Books|title=Elly Griffiths|date=17 January 2019 }}

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Category:1963 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of King's College London

Category:21st-century British novelists

Category:British women novelists

Category:21st-century British women writers

Category:Women crime fiction writers

Category:Writers from London

Category:21st-century pseudonymous writers

Category:Pseudonymous women writers

Category:British crime fiction writers

Category:Edgar Award winners