Case Study

Graeme Macrae Burnet is the author of the 'fiendishly readable' His Bloody Project, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize and the LA Times Book Awards. It won the Saltire Prize for Fiction and has been published to great acclaim in twenty languages around the world. His latest novel, Case Study has been longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Ned Kelly International Crime Prize and longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. Hannah Kent (Burial Rites) has called it 'a novel of mind-bending brilliance.' He is also the author of The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau and The Accident on the A35 both set in the unremarkable town of Saint-Louis in the Alsace and featuring the downtrodden Inspector Georges Gorski.

Serena Manteghi is an established theatre practitioner and performer, working extensively in new writing, devising, and physical storytelling. She is particularly noted for the dexterity of her voice work in theatre, notably on productions such as 'Little Voice' and 'Build a Rocket' and in 2017, she was shortlisted for the BBC Radio Norman Beaton Fellowship Award. She is the recipient of the following awards: The 'Sunday Mail' Award for Best Female Solo Show 2019, BankSA Best Theatre Award.

Born in Glasgow, Graeme Rooney trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2009 he co-wrote and starred as one third of the sketch show 'The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek' at the Edinburgh festival. Following sell-out Edinburgh festivals and critical acclaim the show toured the UK and was commissioned for a series on BBC2. Television and Film credits include - 'The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek' (BBC), 'Doc Martin' (ITV), 'Bad Education' (BBC), and 'Coronation Street' (ITV). Theatre credits include - 'The Play That Goes Wrong' (Duchess Theatre, West End), 'Sex and the Three Day Week' (Liverpool Playhouse), and 'Mental' (Soho Theatre).