EVENTS

June 30, 2026

Join acclaimed thriller writers Vaseem Khan and Ava Glass at Wimbledon Library for an evening of spies, secrets and suspense as they discuss espionage fiction, international intrigue and the art of the modern thriller with local author Joy Kluver.

This is a free event, but booking is required. Get your ticket here.

About Ava Glass:

Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by The Guardian, ‘The real thing’ by the Washington Post and ‘A worthy heir to the James Bond mantle’ by James Patterson and shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger, Ava Glass is the UK’s leading female spy fiction writer and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

Her new book, The Hiding Season, is a spy novel set in the heart of America and follows Ava Glass’ successful Emma Makepeace series, which included The Chase, The Trap, and her critically acclaimed 2023 thriller The Traitor, which was a Grazia Book of the Month, a Washington Post Book of the Year, a Cosmopolitan Book of the Year and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Film rights to the Emma Makepeace series have been acquired.

 About Vaseem Khan:

Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, and the Q Mysteries, beginning with Quantum of Menace, the first in a murder mystery series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise.

His debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger.

Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. In 2023, Vaseem became the first non-white Chair of the UK Crime Writers’ Association.

In 2025, his first psychological thriller, The Girl in Cell A, was published, set in small town America.