Fiona’s breakthrough series was Poppy Denby Investigates about a young reporter sleuth in 1920s London. Her new series, the Miss Clara Vale Mysteries with Embla Books, is set in and around Newcastle in the late 20s and early 30s, featuring a female forensic scientist who inherits a detective agency.
Fiona has worked as a journalist, a university lecturer and a communications manager and mentors new novelists. She grew up in Northumberland, then spent her teens and twenties in South Africa. She now lives in Newcastle. Her latest Clara Vale book is The Berlin Murders, published in January 2026.
Website: fiona.veitchsmith.com
