Hazell Ward
@hazellward.bsky.social
Writer, Reader, Student, (not that kind of doctor) Doctor, Mother, Grandmother, Wrexham fan, @The_CWA Dagger winner. Literary Agent: @sarahsuch
Big thanks to everyone who bought #TheGameisMurder on Kindle Deal Day. You pushed it to the top of the ebook bestseller list!
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Big thanks to everyone who bought #TheGameisMurder on Kindle Deal Day. You pushed it to the top of the ebook bestseller list!
#TheGameisMurder is now a Daily Kindle Deal. Get yours here: www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Murder-...
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#TheGameisMurder is now a Daily Kindle Deal. Get yours here: www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Murder-...
#TheGameisMurder has gone international. #QuiEstCoupable? , out now in France!
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#TheGameisMurder has gone international. #QuiEstCoupable? , out now in France!
Thank you to Caroline @bookshopmold.bsky.social for allowing me to come and sign copies of #TheGameisMurder this week.
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thank you to Caroline @bookshopmold.bsky.social for allowing me to come and sign copies of #TheGameisMurder this week.
Publication Day!
#TheGameisMurder is out now. Thanks to everyone who helped me. In particular, my wonderful agent @sarahsuch.bsky.social, my publishers @michaeljbooks.bsky.social & @berkleypub.bsky.social and all my supervisors at Man Met University.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you!
#TheGameisMurder is out now. Thanks to everyone who helped me. In particular, my wonderful agent @sarahsuch.bsky.social, my publishers @michaeljbooks.bsky.social & @berkleypub.bsky.social and all my supervisors at Man Met University.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you!
August 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Publication Day!
#TheGameisMurder is out now. Thanks to everyone who helped me. In particular, my wonderful agent @sarahsuch.bsky.social, my publishers @michaeljbooks.bsky.social & @berkleypub.bsky.social and all my supervisors at Man Met University.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you!
#TheGameisMurder is out now. Thanks to everyone who helped me. In particular, my wonderful agent @sarahsuch.bsky.social, my publishers @michaeljbooks.bsky.social & @berkleypub.bsky.social and all my supervisors at Man Met University.
Couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you!
Check out my guest appearance on the turnthepage.blubrry.net podcast with the lovely librarians from Syosset Public Library
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Turn The Page – Episode 361A – Hazell Ward
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Turn The Page – Episode 361A – Hazell Ward
Turn the Page | Syosset Library | Est. 2018
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August 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Check out my guest appearance on the turnthepage.blubrry.net podcast with the lovely librarians from Syosset Public Library
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Turn The Page – Episode 361A – Hazell Ward
podcasts.apple.com
Turn The Page – Episode 361A – Hazell Ward
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July 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Free Book Alert!
If you live in the US you might be lucky enough to win one of these lovely books, including my own. #TheGameisMurder
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If you live in the US you might be lucky enough to win one of these lovely books, including my own. #TheGameisMurder
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May 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Free Book Alert!
If you live in the US you might be lucky enough to win one of these lovely books, including my own. #TheGameisMurder
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If you live in the US you might be lucky enough to win one of these lovely books, including my own. #TheGameisMurder
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Went to see the wonderful Elly Griffiths at Wrexham Carnival of Words last week and got a signed copy of her new novel, The Frozen People. I have just finished reading it. An innovative twist on the traditional detective novel. Who doesn't want to read about a time-travelling detective!
May 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Went to see the wonderful Elly Griffiths at Wrexham Carnival of Words last week and got a signed copy of her new novel, The Frozen People. I have just finished reading it. An innovative twist on the traditional detective novel. Who doesn't want to read about a time-travelling detective!
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"It has no value, that's why we want it so much"
April 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"It has no value, that's why we want it so much"
The Game is Murder is available on Net Galley now!
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March 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Game is Murder is available on Net Galley now!
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Enter now to win an advance copy of The Game is Murder!
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March 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Big deal news ahead of London Book Fair! Huge congrats to @hazellward.bsky.social
on her landmark debut novel being pre-empted by Penguin Michael Joseph in a major publishing deal. I couldn’t be more excited about this stunning metafictional whodunnit.
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on her landmark debut novel being pre-empted by Penguin Michael Joseph in a major publishing deal. I couldn’t be more excited about this stunning metafictional whodunnit.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/pengu...
Penguin Michael Joseph pre-empts Hazell Ward's 'masterful' debut novel
Michael Joseph has pre-empted The Game Is Murder, an "immersive" and "highly original" murder mystery from Hazell Ward.
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February 22, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Big deal news ahead of London Book Fair! Huge congrats to @hazellward.bsky.social
on her landmark debut novel being pre-empted by Penguin Michael Joseph in a major publishing deal. I couldn’t be more excited about this stunning metafictional whodunnit.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/pengu...
on her landmark debut novel being pre-empted by Penguin Michael Joseph in a major publishing deal. I couldn’t be more excited about this stunning metafictional whodunnit.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/pengu...
February 22, 2024 at 9:53 AM