Ann Cleeves Press. Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is an English crime-writer. In 2006 she won the inaugural Duncan Lawrie Dagger, the richest crime-writing prize in the world, for her novel "Raven Black". Cleeves studied English at Sussex University but dropped out. She then took up various jobs including cook, auxiliary coastguard, probation officer, library outreach worker and child care officer. She lives in Whitley Bay, and is widowed with two daughters. The Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatized as the TV detective series "Vera" and the Jimmy Perez novels as the series "Shetland". In 2014 Cleeves was awarded an Honorary
Kika Perez Kika Perez Kika Perez, also known as Ilva Margarita Perez, (born in Barranquilla, Colombia, April 18, 1979) is a Colombian American actress and television presenter of Spanish descent. She is also known for being a writer and poet. Perez has hosted a series of U.S. Hispanic Network television shows, starred in independent films and written for various publications and online sites. She is also known for her controversial bilingual written commentary and the online site El Sancocho Chronicles. She played "Lizzie Dark" in award winning director Rolfe Kanefsky's neo-noir independent film "One in the Gun" (to be released in 2009).