HELLO! My name is Alice Bell. I used to write about games, and now I still do that but also write murder mysteries with ghosts and jokes. The latest is about solving a murder in a pro-wrestling gym and is out now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I'm delighted to be at @waterstonesbath.bsky.social to launch A Very Vexing Murder on Wednesday 4th March at 6.30pm. Get your tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

My Deliciously Decadent December Crime Club author newsletter is out now. Sign up here to get the December newsletter now: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club #crimeclub #janeausten #authornewsletter

🦇 Do you love bats and enjoy writing? Join us in celebrating bats in creative writing through our Bat's Laureate Competition! There are two categories: one for adults/young people over 12 and one for our younger supporters, under 12 years old. More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/con...

Last day to enter!

There's still time to enter a giveaway to win a proof copy of A Very Vexing Murder (e-book for UK and EU; paperback for US) over on the Cozy Mystery Lovers / Meg's Cozy Corner Facebook page (until 10pm EST/3am GMT). facebook.com/groups/32814... #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten

To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, I'm giving UK readers a chance to win a signed, dedicated and stamped UK proof of A Very Vexing Murder. To enter, follow me here and sign up for my monthly Crime Club author newsletter here: lucyandrew.com/crime-club Giveaway closes 2pm on 26th December.

Join us tomorrow (16th December) at Penn Library, Wolverhampton, 2.30-4pm to celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday! No booking required! #janeausten250

I'm very excited to be participating in Granite Noir festival on Wed 18th Feb 2026, 6pm with the fabulous Veronika Dapunt and MK Oliver. Info and tickets here: aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra... The full programme is out now! #GN2026 #granitenoir #aberdeen #crimefest #aberdeenbookfest

Join us tomorrow (Thursday 11th December), 2.30-4pm at Shrewsbury Library to celebrate all things Jane Austen. Tickets are free and there is no booking required. Just turn up! #Shrewsbury #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten

Exciting news! The US edition of A Very Vexing Murder will be out with @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social on 12th May 2026 and you can pre-order your copy now! Available in hardback, large print paperback, e-book and digital audiobook formats. #janeausten #janeausten250 www.harpercollins.com/products/a-v...

My Notably Novel November Crime Club author newsletter has gone out today. Sign up to my Crime Club newsletter now to find out what I've been up to: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

Another excellent newsletter from Austen author @lucyvandrew.bsky.social talking all things Austen this morning! 📰🗞️ 🎩👒

I finally got around to this and hoovered it up in a few days. It’s so much fun! Absolutely fizzing book, a proper treat. Excellent from @lucyvandrew.bsky.social <3

Penn 2 Paper is our new creative writing group at Penn Library, Wolverhampton. Our next session is Tuesday 25th November, 10.30am-12pm. All welcome!

My Ostensibly Ostentatious October Crime Club newsletter went out yesterday. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up via my website to receive the October newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

Looky looky I got booky! So excited to get an early look at an Austen-y mystery from my fabulous stablemate @lucyvandrew.bsky.social!

At the book launch for A Bloody Merry Murder by @the-anonymums.bsky.social! I love a festive cosy crime novel!

Good News! A Very Vexing Murder, my cosy crime retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, is in the @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order deal! Order from the Waterstones website between 14th and 17th October with the code OCTOBER25. Order here: www.waterstones.com/book/a-very-...

My Sublimely Sensational September Crime Club newsletter went out this morning. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up to receive the September newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

I'm just putting the finishing touches on my September Crime Club newsletter, which will go out tomorrow (Sunday) morning. So, if you haven't signed up already, now is your chance, if you want to find out what I've been up to. Sign up at: lucyandrew.com/crime-club

I’m ready for my ‘Murder Most Austen talk at @brlsi.bsky.social today at 12.30pm at the #janeaustenfestival. Tickets still available on the door or here for the livestream: janeausten.co.uk/pages/jane-a...

Just putting the finishing touches to this month's newsletter - and I'm going to be giving away copies of my first EVER book. So if you'd like to be in with a chance of winning one, get your name down now! www.samhollandbooks.com/newsletter

My first Crime Club author newsletter went out this morning, featuring all my news for August. If you haven't yet signed up but want to see what I've been up to, fear not! If you sign up now, you'll automatically receive my August newsletter: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

This morning I enjoyed author @lucyvandrew.bsky.social first newsletter with a nice cup of tea.📰 Fortunately, it was not like the cup of tea served up in her upcoming novel and it was served with milk rather than poison! ☕️🫖☠️

I have been revamping my author website and my first Crime Club author newsletter will be going out on Sunday morning, so now is a great time to sign up to my mailing list if you haven't already: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club

A Very Vexing Murder is now available for pre-order: www.waterstones.com/book/a-very-...

There’s still time to book your tickets for ‘Cads and Criminality’, my talk on #JaneAusten and detective fiction at the Chester Festival of Ideas on 3rd July. You can book your free tickets here: festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/cads-a...

What an amazing talk from Dr Tim Moore at @brlsi.bsky.social tonight! I was so happy to be able to join this event online as I couldn’t make it in person. I made so many notes!!

Up bright and early and ready to get to Bath for a day of Regency research!

On my way to Bath for @jessicabull.bsky.social’s event at @waterstonesbath.bsky.social and to do some research for Harriet Smith book 2! #JaneAusten250

Tonight I’m researching stagecoach travel!

Last chance to sign up for the CARNIVAL OF LIES read-along campaign! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I love this guy! #OzzytheBull

I have a copy of the “eat, sleep, crochet, repeat” and “knitting nana” notebooks to give away (UK only) - just like and share this post if you’d like to win one - I’ll choose a winner at random! #win #notebook NB I have 2 notebooks to give away & am running this across Bluesky, threads, insta & FB

So glad that someone captured this genius from @bendavisauthor.bsky.social!

I’m so looking forward my talk on #JaneAusten and detective fiction at #WolvesLitFest tomorrow and I’ve got my new author website launched just in time! I’d love for you to check it out and sign up to my Crime Club newsletter: www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club (First rule of Crime Club: tell everyone!)

Just booked for A Dickensian Disaster Murder Mystery at Wolves Lit Fest on 2nd Feb: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/....

Still chance to get tickets for my free talk on #JaneAusten and the birth of detective fiction at Wolves Lit Fest on Saturday 1st February. Do check out the full programme - there are loads of great events on! wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #JaneAusten250

Today I’m looking for clues in my @nortoncriticals.bsky.social edition of #JaneAusten’s #Emma for my Wolves Lit Fest talk on Jane Austen and detective fiction. I also get to use my lovely new Emma bookmark! #JaneAusten250

Very excited that the new @robthor.bsky.social #MarlowMurderClubMystery has arrived today! @harpercollins.bsky.social

Ta dah! 🎉🥂 I can finally reveal the gorgeously creepy paperback cover for #TheExaminer 🦂🎓 Out in the UK on 22 May 🇬🇧 Thanks @viperbooks.bsky.social 🙏🤩

Reading @tirzahprice.bsky.social’s #ManslaughterPark at the moment and it is great fun! I love this series!

With the help of author & #morse expert @dvbishop.com we've created a free walking map of #oxford featuring key points of interest from the Morse/ #endeavour #tvseries & #crimefiction books from @panmacmillan.bsky.social. Free to download so share away! interviewroomone.com/morses-oxfor...

#JaneAusten's 250th birthday year (aka Austen 250) has arrived! A (small) sampling of the (many, many) celebratory events coming our way: www.deborahyaffe.com/post/celebra...

Just finished this wonderful little book from @maureenjohnsonbooks.com, @jaycooper.bsky.social and @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social. It’s hilarious, dark and brilliantly illustrated! It’s been a rough start to January but this has cheered me up no end!

Tonight I’m celebrating leaving my academic job to focus on my writing! Merry Christmas and thank you to everyone who has helped me to get here!

I’m really looking forward to speaking at the Wolves Lit Fest again this year. This time, I’m talking about #JaneAusten and detective fiction and my own forthcoming Austen cosy crime novel #AVeryVexingMurder. Get your free tickets here: wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/....

One of the highlights of Wolverhampton Literature Festival- Cads and Criminality: Jane Austen and the Birth of Detective Fiction - ⁦‪⁦‪Lucy Andrew‬⁩, author and critic. Definitely one for my Austen’s Afterlives students. 1st Feb, free! wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...