Crime Writers’ Association appoints Vaseem Khan as its first non-white chair

Khan, author of two crime series set in India, said he aimed to make the CWA ‘a home for all crime writers’

Author Vaseem Khan has been elected as the new chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, becoming the first person of colour to take the role in the organisation’s 70-year history.

Khan is the author of two crime series set in India, and won the CWA Historical Dagger for Midnight at Malabar House, the first in the Malabar House historical crime novels. Khan’s debut, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was a bestseller and translated into 17 languages. He also co-hosts the Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast with fellow author Abir Mukherjee.