Richard Watkins

Richard Watkins is an Australian author with a deep interest in historical crime and the social history of Britain. Drawing inspiration from real cases and archival records, his fiction explores the complexities of justice, class, and human motive in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In The Dead Mrs McIntyre, Watkins blends meticulous historical detail with compelling courtroom drama, weaving a fictional narrative around themes inspired by the notorious Camden Town murder of 1907. His storytelling evokes the atmosphere of Edwardian England while examining the fragile nature of truth within the legal system.

Watkins lives in Kangaloon, New South Wales, where he continues to research and write historical fiction.