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
Pj Perez Pj Perez Pj Perez (born August 4, 1976) is an American editor, writer and musician, best known for his reports and commentary on Las Vegas culture in such publications as "Rolling Stone". Perez was the founding managing editor of Las Vegas-based "Racket Magazine". Perez made his first forays into publishing with self-published 'zines and poetry chapbooks in the early and mid-1990s while performing on the Las Vegas poetry circuit and singing in short-lived bands before beginning his freelance writing career with "Las Vegas CityLife" in 2000. After writing for a number of local and regional publications including "Las Vegas Weekly"