Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa^[1] (born 17 August 1963, in London),^[2] a British crime novelist. She has written two series as Griffiths, one featuring Ruth Galloway, the other featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto.

Early life[]

After reading English at King's College London, Griffiths worked in publishing for many years.^[3]

Writing career[]

Griffiths' first series features as a main character forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, who lives in a remote seaside cottage near King's Lynn in Norfolk and teaches at the University of North Norfolk. This character was inspired by Griffiths' husband, who gave up a city job to train as an archaeologist,^[4] and her aunt, "who lives on the Norfolk coast and filled her niece's head with the myths and legends of that area". Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1), in 2009.^[5]

Griffiths' second series, set in Brighton in 1950, features as a main character Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens. Griffiths released the first book in this series, The Zig Zag Girl, in 2014.^[6]

In 2017 Griffiths was the Programming Chair for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival , part of the Harrogate International Festivals portfolio.^[7]

Griffiths won the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel for The Stranger Diaries.^[8] In 2021, The Postscript Murders was shortlisted in the Gold Dagger category at the Crime Writer's Association Awards, with the result to be announced in July 2021.^[9]

Personal life[]

Griffiths lives near Brighton. She is married, and has two children and a cat.

Bibliography[]

Ruth Galloway series[]

• The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, No.1). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. ISBN 978-0547229898.^[10][11]
• The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, No.2). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849161589.^[12][13]
• The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, No.3). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849163675.^[14][15]
• A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, No.4). Quercus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1849163668.^[16]
• Ruth's First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway, #4.5). Quercus Publishing. 2012.^{[citation needed]}
• Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, No.5). Quercus Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-0857388896.^[17]
• The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, No.6). Quercus Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-0857388902.
• The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, No.7). Quercus Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1848663305.^[18]
• The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, No.8). Quercus Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-0544417854.
• The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway, No.9). Quercus Publishing. 2017. ISBN 978-1784296599.^[19]
• The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, No.10). Quercus Publishing. 2018. ISBN 978-1784296636.
• The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, No.11). Quercus Publishing. 2019. ISBN 978-1786487308.
• The Lantern Men (Ruth Galloway, No.12). Quercus Publishing. 2020. ISBN 978-1787477537.
• The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, No.13). Quercus Publishing. 2021. ISBN 978-1787477803.
• The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway, No.14). Quercus Publishing. 2022. ISBN 978-1529409659.

Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series[]

1. The Zig Zag Girl (2014)
2. Smoke and Mirrors (2015)
3. The Blood Card (2016)
4. The Vanishing Box (2017)
5. Now You See Them (2019)
6. The Midnight Hour (2021)

Harbinder Kaur series[]

• The Stranger Diaries (2018)
• The Postscript Murders (2020)^[20]

For Children[]

• A Girl Called Justice (2019)
• The Smugglers' Secret (2020)
• A Ghost in the Garden (2021)

As Domenica De Rosa[]

• The Eternal City
• One Summer in Tuscany
• The Italian Quarter
• The Secret of Villa Serena
• Return to the Italian Quarter

References[]

External links[]

• "Official website". EllyGriffiths.co.uk.
• "Elly Griffiths". Quercus Books.