Cate Austin is a probation officer, juggling the demands of the job with being a single mum.
The six-book series, set in and around Felixstowe, raises questions of justice and redemption from a unique perspective.
Ruth will share with us Cate’s journey – and her own – at this special ‘homecoming’ event to celebrate the re-launch of the series in the town where it was written. Authentic Storytelling from a Suffolk-Based Novelist and Screenwriter.
Ruth explains, “Locations matter to me, they are the backdrop to the world I’m creating. Most of my writing is set in Suffolk, but I’ve also lived in Luxembourg and California so both have influenced me, and found their way into my plots.
As an ex-probation officer, I am naturally drawn to crime narratives, but from a perspective not usually seen in novels or on the screen. The probation officer exists at the most delicate places within the Criminal Justice System, sentencing & release, and I aim to show the challenges probation officers face daily through my protagonist Cate Austin.”
In conversation with Georgy Jamieson
