Remarkable crime writer Elly Griffiths received Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award 2025 in recognition of her remarkable crime fiction writing career and unwavering commitment to the genre.

Elly Griffiths is the author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries; the Brighton Mysteries, the Detective Harbinder Kaur series and an exhilarating new series featuring time-travelling detective Ali Dawson. Her intricately plotted novels told with wry humour and featuring engaging characters have sold over 5 million copies worldwide, winning her fans across the globe. Griffiths, who has been shortlisted an impressive seven times for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, was highly commended in 2023 for The Locked Room and served as Festival Programming Chair in 2017.  She is shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025 for The Last Word (Quercus Books.)