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
Vera Sweet Vera Sweet Vera Sweet is a fictional character, that appears in comic books published by DC Comics as a supporting character of the Creeper. The character was created by writer and artist Steve Ditko, as the love interest to Ditko's other creation the Creeper. Vera Sweet (born Vera Swetowski), was created by Steve Ditko for the "Beware the Creeper" title back in 1968 appearing in issue #1. Intended to be the love interest of Jack Ryder (AKA The Creeper). When Jack Ryder was rehired by WHAM-TV's head of security Bill Brane, one of his assignments was to babysit the beautiful,