Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George is The New York Times and internationally best-selling author of 20 British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his unconventional partner Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Her crime novels have been translated into 30 languages and featured on television by the BBC. She is also the author of a young adult series set on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.  Author of the best-selling creative writing book Write Away, Elizabeth is a longtime instructor of creative writing and has taught at colleges, universities, writers' retreats and conferences internationally. She is the recipient of the Anthony Award, the Agatha Award, France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and Germany's MIMI, and has twice been nominated for an Edgar Award. Elizabeth is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of humane letters from California State University Fullerton and an honorary MFA from Northwest Institute of Language Arts (Whidbey Island MFA Program).  She serves as the executive chair of the Elizabeth George Foundation, which makes grants to poets, emerging playwrights and unpublished novelists.  She currently lives on Whidbey Island.