Lefty Awards (Left Coast Crime)
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2006) Excellence Award
Peter Guttridge
ピーター・ガットリッジ
Pītā Gattorijji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Burnley
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Burnley, Lancashire → Brighton
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, critic, journalist, literary festival director
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Brighton Literature Festival, The Observer
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Nottingham | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
Burnley Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
University of Nottingham
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Graham Greene International Festival Short Story Competition | God's Lonely Man | Short Story | Graham Greene Festival | winner |
| 2016 | Margery Allingham Short Story Competition | The Box-Shaped Mystery | Short Story | — | winner |
Graham Greene International Festival Short Story Competition
2013
Work:
God's Lonely Man
Category:
Short Story
Organization:
Graham Greene Festival
Result:
winner
Margery Allingham Short Story Competition
2016
Work:
The Box-Shaped Mystery
Category:
Short Story
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
No Laughing Matter
1997 satirical crime novelFirst in the series featuring yoga-obsessed journalist Nick Madrid.
yogacrimesatire
City of Dreadful Night
2010 crime novelFirst of the Brighton crime trilogy.
Brightoncrime
Translations
- French edition (Le Rouergue)
Bibliography
- No Laughing Matter (1997)
- A Ghost of A Chance (1998)
- Two To Tango (1998)
- The Once and Future Con (1999)
- Foiled Again (2001)
- Cast Adrift (2004)
- City of Dreadful Night (2010)
- The Last King of Brighton (2011)
- The Thing Itself (2012)
- The Belgian and The Beekeeper (2012)
- The Devil's Moon (2013)
- Those Who Feel Nothing (2014)
- Paradise Island (2014)
- Swimming With The Dead (2019)
- The Lady of the Lake (2019)
- Butcher's Wood (2021)
Translations of Works
- Brighton trilogy and later books published in French by Le Rouergue
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalcrime fiction-focusedhumorous
- Recurring Motifs
- yogaBrightonjournalists
Legacy
Known as a British crime novelist, acclaimed for the Nick Madrid series and Brighton series. Also active as a literary festival director.