An Afternoon with Simon McCleave and Claire Quinn

Simon McCleave is a multi million-selling crime novelist who lives in North Wales with his wife and two children.
Before he was an author, Simon worked as a script editor at the BBC and a producer at Channel 4 before working as a story analyst in Los Angeles. He then became a script writer, writing on series such as Silent Witness, The Bill, EastEnders and many more. His Channel 4 film Out of the Game was critically acclaimed and described as ‘an unflinching portrayal of male friendship’ by Time Out.
His first book, The Snowdonia Killings, was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His twenty one subsequent novels in the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series have all been Amazon bestsellers, with most of them hitting the top of the digital charts. He has sold over 3.5 million books to date.

After studying Law at King's College London, Claire Quinn returned home to the North West. She worked in Manchester for an international law firm for over fifteen years before making a switch to writing and country life in the Cotswolds with her husband. She has taken part in a mentoring programme with Blue Pencil Agency and Claire's work has been longlisted for both the Cheshire Novel Prize and the Exeter Novel Prize. er debut thriller, The Games We Play, was acquired by HarperNorth and published on 30 July 2026.