![]() Booth in 2021 | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Burnley, Lancashire, England |
Alma mater | Birmingham City University |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Website | |
stephen-booth |
Stephen Booth (born 1952) is an English crime-writer. He is the author of the Derbyshire-set Cooper and Fry series.
Booth was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Jim and Edna Booth. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Blackpool [1] where he attended Arnold School. [2] He lives with his wife Lesley in Retford, Nottinghamshire. [3] [4]
For over 27 years, he was a journalist for various newspapers and magazines including the Wilmslow Advertiser, Huddersfield Examiner, and the Worksop Guardian. He also worked as a sub-editor for the Daily Express and The Guardian. [5] In 2001 he gave this up to be a full-time novelist. [6]
Cooper and Fry series, about two young Derbyshire police detectives, Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, as they try to solve various murders:
Ben Cooper novella:
Stand-alone novels:
![]() Booth in 2021 | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Burnley, Lancashire, England |
Alma mater | Birmingham City University |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Website | |
stephen-booth |
Stephen Booth (born 1952) is an English crime-writer. He is the author of the Derbyshire-set Cooper and Fry series.
Booth was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Jim and Edna Booth. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Blackpool [1] where he attended Arnold School. [2] He lives with his wife Lesley in Retford, Nottinghamshire. [3] [4]
For over 27 years, he was a journalist for various newspapers and magazines including the Wilmslow Advertiser, Huddersfield Examiner, and the Worksop Guardian. He also worked as a sub-editor for the Daily Express and The Guardian. [5] In 2001 he gave this up to be a full-time novelist. [6]
Cooper and Fry series, about two young Derbyshire police detectives, Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, as they try to solve various murders:
Ben Cooper novella:
Stand-alone novels: