birth_place birth_date article_title name alma_mater
wolverhampton , england , uk 23 january 1959 -lrb- age 55 -rrb- lindsay ashford
 lindsay ashford sheffield cambridge university -lrb- b.a -rrb- queens ' college ,
lindsay ashford

lindsay ashford is a british crime novelist and journalist .
her style of writing has been compared to that of vivien armstrong , linda fairstein and frances fyfield .
many of her books follow the character of megan rhys , an investigative psychologist .
raised in wolverhampton , ashford became the first woman to graduate from queens ' college , cambridge in its 550-year history .
she gained a degree in criminology .
ashford was then employed as a reporter for the bbc before becoming a freelance journalist , writing for a number of national magazines and newspapers .
in 1996 , ashford took a crime writing course run by the arvon foundation .
her first book , `` frozen '' , was published by honno in 2003 .
`` strange blood '' was shortlisted for the 2006 theakston 's old peculier crime novel of the year award .
she wrote `` the rubber woman '' for the quick reads series in 2007 .
her historical mystery , `` the mysterious death of miss austen '' was adapted for radio by andrew davies and eileen horne .
it was broadcast on bbc radio 4 's womans ' hour in february 2014 .
her latest novel , `` with love and crocodiles '' was published independently on november 4 , 2013 .
ashford currently lives on the welsh coast near aberystwyth , wales .
