AMERICAN author James Patterson will make his first visit to a North Yorkshire crime writing festival later this year, it has been announced.
The Theakston Old Peculier festival, which is described as the world’s biggest celebration of the crime genre, will also feature an appearance by Bodyguard and Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio and will see Safe author Harlan Coben in conversation with Rebus creator Ian Rankin.
Val McDermid, who co-founded the festival with literary agent Jane Gregory and arts charity Harrogate International Festivals in 2003, will also attend, in conversation with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Patterson, who is responsible for the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett and Women’s Murder Club series of books and who recently penned The President Is Missing with Bill Clinton, said: “I’m really looking forward to coming to Harrogate this year and meeting my UK fans.”
The full programme for the four-day Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will be announced in April.
The festival at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate takes place from July 18 to July 21.
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