Ann Cleeves
Novelist
1954-10-24
Ann Cleeves is an English crime writer known for the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series. Her novels have been adapted into major television dramas including Vera and Shetland. She has received the CWA Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing.
Books by Ann Cleeves
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Quotes by Ann Cleeves
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I suppose if you love someone, you don´t stop them doing the things that make them happy.
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I suppose if you love someone, you don´t stop them doing the things that make them happy.
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Shetland has always been a place of sanctuary for me. I visited when I dropped out of university, and I just loved it from the minute I got there. It's a bleak but very beautiful place.
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The best place for puffin watching is Sumburgh Head, at the south end of the Shetland mainland. There used to be a lighthouse there, but it's now a visitor centre and gallery; they run a webcam, so you can check on the puffins in advance.
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I especially don't like the graphic violence against women and children often depicted in novels such as 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and others. I'm not sure if it's being done just to entertain or whether it really is necessary for the characters involved.
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