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Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler is the author of Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons. Fowler is the acclaimed author of the award-winning Full Dark House and the other Peculiar Crimes Unit mysteries: The Water Room, Seventy-Seven Clocks, Ten Second Staircase, White Corridor, The Victoria Vanishes, Bryant & May on the Loose, Bryant & May off the Rails, The Memory of Blood, The Invisible Code, Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart, Bryant & May and the Burning Man, and most recently Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors. In 2015, Fowler won the coveted Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library Award in recognition for his body of work. He lives in London.

The Curse of Englishness: Why Every British Thriller Is Also a Black Comedy

"We specialise in a specific kind of English malice based on class and distorted moral rectitude."

‘Funny, How?’ Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing

From the earliest days of crime fiction, humor has always been one of the author's most important weapons.

January 11, 2021 By Christopher Fowler

7 Things Crime Readers Will No Longer Tolerate

Crime fiction is getting harder to write—and that's a good thing.

December 10, 2019 By Christopher Fowler

Is Crime Fiction Allowed
to Be Funny?

The Tricky Business of Balancing Humor and Crime

December 3, 2018 By Christopher Fowler

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