Elliot F. Sweeney

Author’s Bio

Hello, I’m Elliot, thanks for dropping by. I’m a Londoner born and bred, but these days divide my time between the capital and Lancashire. By day I’m a mental health nurse, a job that I love, and which fuels the inspiration for my writing.

To date, I’ve written two crime fiction novels, The Next to Die and A Killing in Paradise published through Headline. April 2025 sees the release of my professional-confessional memoir, We Don’t Use Words Like Crazy through Bonnier.

I was the Curtis Brown Creative Fisher scholar in 2019, a London Writers Awardee in 2020, and a Shamus runner-up in 2024 for my short fiction. I have written for blogs, posted reviews, and have had journalism published in broadsheets. I have taught creative writing in various formats and am open to further commissions where time permits.

Presently, I’m working on script ideas alongside a standalone crime novel.

I am represented by Gordon Wise of Curtis Brown Literary Agency.