Judith Cutler is a writer of crime fiction whose novels are mostly in series: ten in the series about amateur sleuth and lecturer Sophie Rivers; six about Detective Sergeant Kate Power; six about antique restorer Lina Townend and five about Detective Superintendent Fran Harman.
Born in 1946 in the Black Country, Cutler later moved to the Birmingham suburb of Harborne.
She started writing while at Oldbury Grammar School, winning the Critical Quarterly Short Story prize.
She taught English at a Further Education College in Birmingham, but quit after the publication of her first novel, and moved to the suburb of Kings Heath.
Cutler has also written several successful short stories, for Radio 4, Bella magazine and others.