#010 Editorial critique/feedback of crime fiction excerpt up to 5k, plus short synopsis and agent query letter from author Kate Simants.

Kate Simants is a writer of psychological thrillers and crime fiction. This lot is offering her editorial feedback on up to 5,000 of your written work, plus feedback on your synopsis and your agent query letter.

After a decade working in the UK television industry, specialising in investigative documentaries, police shows and undercover work, Kate relocated from London to Bristol to concentrate on writing. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Brunel Univeristy (2007) and another in Crime Fiction from the University of East Anglia (2018), where she was the recipient of the UEA Literary Festival Scholarship. Her novel LOCK ME IN was shortlisted for the 2015 Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger, and is published by HarperCollins.

Kate won the 2019 Bath Novel Award with her second novel A RUINED GIRL, which is published by Viper/Serpent's Tail in August 2020.

Kate's agent is Veronique Baxter at David Higham Associates.