Marrisse Whittaker

Hi. welcome to my Author Central page. My name is Marrisse Whittaker. I have been creating characters for all of my working life. First, as a TV and Film Make-Up Artist and then as a TV scriptwriter, creating stories for popular UK drama TV series. But plenty of drama takes place in real life too and when I joined forces with my husband, former TV journalist Bob Whittaker, to establish Orion TV, we produced a fascinating range of factual programmes for major broadcasters around the world. I live by the sea in rural Northumberland in the UK, inventing dark and twisty plotlines for the detective Billie Wilde series, whilst wandering through the dramatic surf and turf landscape right on my doorstep. Many of my Billie Wilde stories are set in the area. The Magpie, Book 1 in the Billie Wilde crime thriller series, was shortlisted for The Lindisfarne Prize for Outstanding Debut Crime Fiction. Book number five in the series will be published in July 2024. I hope you enjoy them!