Author profile: Sheila Bugler

"Imagine a collaboration between Anne Tyler and AM Homes." - Ken Bruen

Irish writer Sheila Bugler's "DI Ellen Kelly" series of psychological thrillers is set among the first- and second-generation Irish in southeast London, around Lewisham and Greenwich.

Sheila Bugler on writing a crime series

Guest post: Sheila Bugler writes about her series featuring the second-generation Irish detective Ellen Kelly.

I never set out to write a series featuring a police detective. Although I love all types of crime fiction - from cosy to chilling and all the varieties in between - I am most drawn to psychological thrillers. It’s people and their motivations that interest me most.

Crime at the Dublin Writers' Conference

There are no fewer than four crime writers taking part at the Dublin Writers' Conference this weekend, from 24 to 26 June 2016 - Louise Phillips, Michael Russell, Sheila Bugler and Laurence O'Bryan.

This is the second year of the conference, which takes place at the Irish Writers Centre and at the Gresham hotel nearby. It includes sessions for writers on digital marketing and writing craft.