© Rob Irish
Alys Cummings is a writer and journalist based on the North East coast. She is an Emerging Creative Associate with New Writing North, and a member of their North East Novelists group. As a producer and director, Alys has made documentaries for BBC Panorama. Her debut novel, Murder Most Cryptic - which mixes cryptic crossword clues with murder mystery - won the Pitch Perfect award at the 2024 Bloody Scotland crime writing festival. It will be published by Penguin Michael Joseph in the UK, and Minotaur Books in the US, in 2026 and 2027, respectively.
