Blogger's Blag: Can you guess which of our favourite crime guests said what at Theakston's old Peculier Crime Writiing Festival?

It was a busy, enjoyable and informative few days last week in The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate (that den of iniquity) at the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing festival. Crime writer's are comedians, master's of the one liner, self- deprecating, social commentators and sardonic humourists, I attended most of the panels with ears pricked for the funniest quotes of the weekend and here they are... All you have to do is match the quote to the criminal panelist.  For the answers check out The Crime Warp Facebook Page.

David Mark

Suspects


David Mark                Professor James Grieve

Elly Griffiths              Sara Paretsky

Brian McGilloway      Mark Billingham

Louise Welsh

Val Mcdermid             Louise Welsh

Be warned the photo's do not correspond to the quote they're next to!


Quotes

Mark Billlingham

1/  'I'm half Italian and half Welsh so I should be  a great singer'

Professor James Grieve 

2/  When told by a member of their panel that they hadn't realised they were wring a crime novel which witty writer said:  'Didn't the dead body in the first chapter give you a clue?"

Elly Griffiths

3/ Which gritty crime writer confessed to possessing  a softer side by saying during their panel: 'When I was 19 I played a shopping centre Santa Claus having both the necessary girth and height."

4/ On being asked to open a bottle of water for her host which crime writer quipped: 'Typical britsh! When you

want a job doing that you can't do yourselves you bring in us Poles!'

Brian McGilloway

5/ After , somewhat obviously, ingratiating themselves  to Simon Theakston sponsor of the event which writer said in an

Sara Paretsky

aside: 'Ooh I'm such a whore!'

6/ Which crime writer said "My method is to stand on a street corner and catalogue people as they pass...  then I put them in the morgue"

Isabelle Grey

7/  Who said the following to a fellow crime writer: 'Isabelle Grey, you are the Queen of the algorithm method!'



8/  Which fiendish character said "The

Val McDermid

dead body, I would say is mine!'

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