Writers including Jonathan Trigell, Helen Fitzgerald and Elmore Leonard have found rich, human stories in the space between prison and the rest of life
James’s novels spanned cosy crime and tough police procedurals as well as an eerie dystopia and an Austen pastiche. To mark her centenary, help choose one
As her bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series comes to an end, the children’s author talks about cosy crime, gay characters and watching her schoolgirl detectives grow up