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Karline Smith is the award-winning ( Vera Bell award 1988 ACER Young Black Writers) author of, the short story Ezekiel's Valley, the premise to the best-selling crime novel Moss Side Massive, published by the X-Press publishers, February 1995. Moss Side Massive received reviews from, The Guardian, Time Out, The Voice Newspaper, The Big Issue, and City Life magazine. TV programme, Granada Tonight, voted Moss Side Massive, Book of the Month.

As the winner of Black Coral’s Focus on Talent: 3 UK competition in 1999. DNA films (Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funera l) in conjunction with Black Coral Productions. Black Coral Productions commissioned a TV serialisation of Moss Side Massive.

She is also the author of three stories, Letters to Andy Cole, – from the anthology The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories, (Penguin), edited by Ra Page, - Promise – from the anthology - Brit Pulp! (Sceptre: Hodder & Stoughton), edited by Tony White, and Dirty, Evil Greed, from the anthology - M.O. Crimes of Practise, (Comma Press), edited by Martin Edwards. The sequel to Moss Side Massive, Full Crew, was published by the X-Press, in December 2002, receiving excellent reviews from, the Times Literary Supplement, and City Life Magazine.

Both books have been reprinted by Black Sapphire Press, in February and March 2019, respectively. Black Sapphire Press is also the publisher of Karline’s third book, Goosebumps and Butterflies are Fairy Tales in December 2018.

She is A CWA (Crime Writers’ Association) member.