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Morgan Cry

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Other contact method: Contact me through my website contact at www.morgancry.com or my agent Francesca Riccardi at [email protected]
Local authority: Glasgow City
Languages: English
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Morgan Cry (Gordon Brown) has thirteen crime and thriller books published to date, along with a novella and a number of short stories. His latest book is out now, under the name Morgan Cry. Called ‘The Fracture’ the book is the second in a new crime series starring Blake Glover and is set in and around Blake’s childhood hometown of Fraserburgh. In November 2026 a new historical series will be launched, called the Bloody McKenzie Mysteries, starting with Dark Accords

Gordon is a founding director of Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival (see www.bloodyscotland.com) and also runs a strategic planning consultancy.

Morgan has extensive experience in public speaking, panel discussions, lectures, marketing, festival organising and training (especially in the area of creativity training).

Local authorities will visit

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Events will deliver

Chairing events; Panel event; Reading; Talk; Workshop

Audience will work with

Adult learners; Carers; Prisoners & young offenders

Topics of work

Crime fiction; Historical fiction; Mystery & thriller

Age groups published for

Adults

Age groups will work with

18+

Audience size

0-10; 11-30; 31-100; 100-500; 500+