Mark McCrum

Mark McCrum began his career as a travel writer, with well-received books about Southern Africa (Happy Sad Land), Australia (No Worries) and Ireland (The Craic). A continuing interest in people in unusual settings led him to document the UK’s first two Reality TV series, 1900 House and Castaway 2000 (both top ten bestsellers). 

He then wrote about Robbie Williams on his sellout ‘Sermon on the Mount’ tour of Europe, which became the no. 1 bestseller Somebody Someday. Mark’s next book was Going Dutch In Beijing, a light-hearted account of the differences in etiquette around the world, which was translated into seven languages. After that came Walking With The Wounded, which told the powerful story of four wounded soldiers and their successful attempt to reach the North Pole. Mark has also ghostwritten for subjects ranging from TV explorer Bruce Parry (Tribe) to survivors of forced marriage (Jack and Zena).

Mark has now turned to crime, with four titles in the Francis Meadowes series: The Festival Murders, Cruising to Murder, Murder Your Darlings and Murder on Tour, with accolades ranging from ‘Book of the Week’ in the Daily Mail to ‘Book of the Year’ in the Literary Review. He has also written Ghosted, a standalone whodunnit, in which the ghost of a successful architect tries to find out which of his family, colleagues and friends has murdered him.