Karen Sullivan is founder and Publisher of Orenda Books, an independent publisher based in London, England. Orenda Books publishes literary fiction, with a heavy emphasis on crime/thrillers, with half of the list in translation. Karen was a Bookseller Rising Star, and Orenda Books has been shortlisted for the IPG Best Newcomer Award (twice) and Small […]
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Eva Björg Ægisdóttir‘s debut, The Creak on the Stairs was published in English by Orenda Books in 2020, and became a No. 1 digital bestseller, winning the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. Girls Who Lie, Night Shadows, You Can’t See Me and Boys Who Hurt soon followed suit, shortlisting for the CWA Crime in […]
Doug Johnstone is the author of nineteen novels, many of which have been bestsellers. The Space Between Us was chosen for BBC Two’s Between the Covers, while six of his books have been shortlisted or longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year or the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year. […]
Shari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of nine thrillers, including The Couple Next Door, which have all been New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers. Lapena’s books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives on a farm outside Toronto.
Uzma Jalaluddin is a critically acclaimed and bestselling novelist, playwright, and teacher. She writes nuanced and entertaining stories about Muslims, South Asians, and Canadians and is the author of Much Ado About Nada, Three Holidays and a Wedding, Hana Khan Carries On, and Ayesha at Last, as well as her first play, The Rishta. Her novels […]
Sharon Bala’s second novel, Good Guys, was published in January 2026. Publishers Weekly calls it “quietly profound” and a “blackly comic tale.” Her best-selling debut novel, The Boat People, won a Newfoundland & Labrador Book Award and the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. It was short listed for several awards and is in translation […]
Steven W. Beattie is a writer and critic in Stratford, Ontario. He edited the 2025 edition of Best Canadian Stories and his writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Walrus, and elsewhere. He maintains the literary website That Shakespearean Rag.
