David Wishart

Historical Crime Writing Workshop

Saturday 13 September, 10.00

Gardners Memorial Church Hall

Free

David Wishart studied Classics at the University of Edinburgh. He taught Latin and Greek for four years and then retrained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. He lived and worked abroad for eleven years, in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia, and now lives with his wife and family in Carnoustie.

He is most famous for his Marcus Corvinus Roman Mystery books. Spurning the conventional career path of a military posting via a civil-service post to an elected post and the Senate, David’s hero develops a taste for investigating crimes of a particularly sensitive nature in the world of the early Roman Empire. The author’s signature is his mix of accurate historical detail and racy modern dialogue.