Whitley Bay author and former pizza deliverer wins prestigious North East crime novel prize
Writer Robert Scragg has won Northumberland best-selling author LJ Ross Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction 2021
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A Whitley Bay author has won a generous cash prize for his latest crime novel. This year s Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction, which celebrates the work of crime and thriller writers who are from or whose work celebrates the North East, has been won by North Tyneside writer Robert Scragg.
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