Peter James has been longlisted for the Dagger in the Library award 2015. The award, for an author's body of work, is sponsored by Penguin Random House's Dead Good Books, and the longlist is based on votes at the Dead Good site.

There are 11 writers on the longlist, including Mark Billingham, Ann Cleeves and Susan Hill.

A shortlist, to be announced on 8 June, will be decided by a panel of judges including previous winner Sharon Bolton, CWA Director Lucy Santos, and a group of UK librarians. The winner will be announced at the CWA Annual Awards dinner on 30 June.

Peter James’ 11th Roy Grace novel will be published on 21 May 2015.