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
Charles Perez Charles Perez Charles Perez (born March 2, 1963) is an American writer and a former television news reporter, anchor and talk show host. Perez was in the news business in the 1990s through the 2000s, during which he anchored and reported for WABC-TV in New York City, New York; WPLG, the ABC television affiliate in Miami, Florida; and WSVN, the Fox television affiliate in Miami. Before that, Perez was known as host of the nationally syndicated "The Charles Perez Show". The show was produced by Tribune Entertainment and ran from 1994 until 1996. Following that, he anchored King World's nationally