Rachel Ward is an award-winning author of adult crime books, YA thrillers and non-fiction. Her first book, Numbers, won numerous awards in the UK and around the world. Her cozy mystery series, The Supermarket Mysteries, has hit the Amazon top 20 Cozy Mystery chart and she has now written Write Your Cozy Mystery: A Practical How To Guide. She writes psychological thrillers as R. M. Ward.

Rachel is also an artist and photographer.

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Books, Mentoring and Art

Books

Cozy Mysteries: The Supermarket Mysteries

Out Oct 2024! The Missing Heirloom Mystery

Thrillers: Safe With You and The Girl Who Vanished

YA: Numbers, The Chaos, Infinity

Coming soon! Non-Fiction: Write Your Cozy Mystery: A Practical How-To Guide

Mentoring & Workshops

Rachel offers mentoring for adults writing cozy mysteries, and creative writing talks and workshops for adults and young adults. She has tutored for Bristol University, run workshops in a variety of community settings and run a cozy mystery writing retreat.

Art & Photography

Rachel likes exploring different media and has exhibited her paintings and drawings locally. She also takes photographs on her daily walks and produces calendars of local scenes.

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