Lost River
Stephen Booth is a multiple award winning British crime writer. He is best known as the creator of two young Derbyshire police detectives, DC Ben Cooper and DS Diane Fry, who have appeared in twelve novels, all set in England's beautiful and atmospheric Peak District.  Stephen has been a Gold Dagger finalist, an Anthony Award nominee, twice winner of a Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel, and twice shortlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year.  DC Cooper was a finalist for the Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British author, and in 2003 the Crime Writers' Association presented Stephen with the Dagger in the Library Award for 'the author whose books have given readers the most pleasure'.  The Cooper & Fry series is published all around the world, and has been translated into 15 languages. The latest titles are THE DEVIL'S EDGE and DEAD AND BURIED. A former newspaper journalist, Stephen was born in Lancashire in the North West of England. He lives in a Georgian dower house in Nottinghamshire with his wife Lesley, three cats and one goat. His website is at: http://www.stephen-booth.com