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
Jimmy Corkhill denim shirt, the shirt was won in a competition after the serial stopped airing. Rachel Murphy of the "Daily Mirror" branded Jimmy a "lovable nutter" and also stated: "Jimmy has ducked and dived through a hilarious and heart-breaking catalogue of crime, drug abuse, mental illness and tragedy". In 2004 Northwest Regional Development Agency branded Jimmy a "lovable rogue" type, a label which "Click Liverpool" also attributed to the character. In addition the BBC have stated he is a "much-loved rogue". "The Northern Echo" praised the character stating: "In criminal and activist Jimmy Corkhill, Dean Sullivan has created one of the