Elly Griffiths

Elly Griffiths (born 1963, London)^[1] is a British novelist. She has written two series, to date, 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.^[2]

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,^[3] and her aunt, "who lives on the Norfolk coast and filled her niece’s head with the myths and legends of that area".^[4] 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 (Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens, #1), in 2014.^[6]

Personal life

Griffiths lives near Brighton^[7] but "often spends holidays on the wild Norfolk coast". In addition to a husband, she has two children and a cat.^[8]

Bibliography

Ruth Galloway series

• The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2009. ISBN 978-0547229898. 
• The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849161589. 
• The House at Sea’s End (Ruth Galloway, #3). Quercus Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1849163675. 
• A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4). Quercus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1849163668. 
• Ruth’s First Christmas Tree (Ruth Galloway, #4.5). Quercus Publishing. 2012. 
• Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5). Quercus Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-0857388896. ^[9]
• The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6). Quercus Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-0857388902. 
• The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, #7). Quercus Publishing. 2015. ISBN 978-1848663305. 
• The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8). Quercus Publishing. 15 September 2015. ISBN 978-0544417854. ^[10]

DI Stephens & Max Mephisto series

• The Zig Zag Girl (DI Stephens & Max Mephisto, #1). Quercus Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-1848669857. 
• Smoke and Mirrors (DI Stephens & Max Mephisto #2). Quercus Publishing. 5 November 2015. ISBN 9781784290269. 

References

External links

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