Ms Daphne Wright

Career: sec and editorial asst Chatto & Windus 1976-77, ed Hutchinson 1977-83, editorial dir Quartet 1983-84, Bellew Publishing 1984-86; winner Tony Godwin Meml Tst award 1980; chm Crime Writers' Assoc 2000-2001; memb: Crime Writers' Assoc 1989, Soc of Authors 1990

Books and Publications: as Natasha Cooper: Festering Lilies (1990), Poison Flowers (1991), Bloody Roses (1992), Bitter Herbs (1993), Rotten Apples (1995), Fruiting Bodies (1996), Sour Grapes (1997), Creeping Ivy (1998), Fault Lines (1999), Prey to All (2000), Out of the Dark (2002), A Place of Safety (2003), Keep Me Alive (2004), Gagged and Bound (2005), A Greater Evil (2007), A Prisoned Mind (2008); as Clare Layton: Clutch of Phantoms (2000), Those Whom the Gods Love (2001); as N J Cooper: No Escape (2009), Lifeblood (2010), Face of the Devil (2011), Vengeance in Mind