Writer in Residence
Chalfont St Peter Community Library is pleased to announce that local author Denise Beddows has agreed to act as a ‘Writer in Residence’ for our library. This is an unpaid and purely honorary designation, intended to facilitate Denise in pursuing her regular ‘Meet the Author’ events and persuading publishers to encourage their authors to participate, thereby raising funds for the library. The role is in no way connected with the initiative to appoint a paid ‘Writer in Residence’ to cover the libraries controlled and staffed by Buckinghamshire Unitary Authority Libraries dept.
Many library users will know library volunteer Denise as the best-selling author of award-winning espionage and crime fiction, including the cosy crime series ‘Misbourne Murder Mysteries’. Twice shortlisted also in the True Crime Awards, she writes local history books, as DJ Kelly. As one of the organisers of the biennial Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival, she is a member of The Society of Authors, the Crime Writers Association, and The Celfunde Inheritance – Chalfont St Peter’s local history and heritage group which meets monthly in the library.
