Awards

Above Suspicion

Honoured at the Cologne Conference International Film and Television Festival with the prestigious TV Spielfilm Award for the television adaptation of the novel, Above Suspicion.

CBE

Awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to Literature, Drama and to Charity

Crime Thriller Writer’s Hall Of Fame

Inaugurated into the Crime Thriller Writer’s Hall of Fame; an event that was televised by ITV3 in the UK.

Dennis Potter Writers Award

Awarded by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

Forensic Science Society

Awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the Forensic Science Society; the first non-scientist to be inducted into the professional body – receiving the award for her work in accurately portraying forensic science in her work.

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect (starring Helen Mirren) garnered many awards including six British Academy Awards (BAFTA), the British Broadcasting Award, the Royal Television Society Writer’s Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Writer’s Award and an EMMY for Best Mini Series.

Trial & Retribution

Liverpool Echo Arts Award for best television writer for Trial & Retribution and the series was nominated for an Indie and a Royal Television Society Award.

Widows

Nominated for a BAFTA award in 1982.