Rebecca Tope

Rebecca Tope was born on 2 October 1948, in Worcestershire, and has lived in many parts of England since then. She has nearly 40 crime novels in print, published by Allison & Busby. Her two main series are set in the Cotswolds and the Lake District, both featuring amateur female detectives. She lives on a smallholding in Herefordshire, but has had no livestock for some years. The acres have been returned to the wildlife, which includes a lot of brambles and thistles. She founded a small press, Praxis Books, in 1992, which has concentrated almost exclusively on reissuing the works of Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924). She has also written and published a definitive biography of Baring-Gould. Tope's hobbies mainly centre around wool, antique auctions and travel. ==Bibliography==

• 2009 Longlisted for Crimefest (International Crime Fiction Convention) "Sounds of Crime (unabridged)" for Blood in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) • 2010 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for Fear in the Cotswolds • 2010 Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for Slaughter in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) • 2011 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for A Grave in the Cotswolds • 2011 Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for A Grave in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) • 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "Audible Sounds of Crime" for Deception in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon) • 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "Goldsboro Last Laugh Award" for Deception in the Cotswolds • 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for Deception in the Cotswolds ==References==