Ann Cleeves

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Ann Cleeves OBE
Cleeves in 2017
Born	(1954-10-24) 24 October 1954 (age 69) Herefordshire, England
Genre	Crime
Notable awards	Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2006
Children	2

Ann Cleeves OBE (born 24 October 1954) is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Raven Black,^[1] the first novel in the Jimmy Perez series.