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Bobby Cussens | |
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| Born | Julie A. Wilson Farnborough, England |
| Occupations | Novelist, researcher, entrepreneur |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Crime fiction, police procedural |
| Notable work | Shotley Bridge Murders (2025) |
Bobby Cussens is the pen name of Julie A. Wilson, a British crime writer, researcher and entrepreneur.[1][2] She is the author of the Shotley Bridge crime novels, which are set in County Durham and feature Detective Constable Heather Hudson.[3][4]
Early life
[edit]Wilson was born in Farnborough and grew up in Nether Edge, Sheffield, where she attended Abbeydale Middle School and Abbeydale Grange Comprehensive.[4][5] She later lived in Eastbourne before moving to North East England, and lives in Shotley Bridge, County Durham.[5][2]
Academic and business career
[edit]Under her legal name, Julie Wilson, she published research on relational leadership, workplace trust and leader–member relationships, including work with the management scholar Ann L. Cunliffe.[6][7][8]
In 2020, Wilson co-founded Settld, a Sunderland-based bereavement-notification service, with her daughter Vicky Wilson.[4][9][10][11] The service launched publicly in 2021.[12] Settld placed 25th in the 2024 Startups 100 and had raised £900,000 by that year.[9] It was acquired by The Estate Registry, part of Phillips & Cohen Associates, in June 2024.[11][13]
Writing career
[edit]Writing as Bobby Cussens, Wilson published her debut crime novel, Shotley Bridge Murders, in November 2025.[3][14] In an interview with BBC Radio Tees, reported by regional newspapers, she said the story began as a way to entertain friends in Shotley Bridge before developing into a novel.[5][4]
The novel is set in and around Shotley Bridge, using real locations including Wood Street, Muggleswick and Derwent Reservoir, and introduces Detective Constable Heather Hudson.[2][3] A companion puzzle book, Shotley Bridge Puzzles, followed in December 2025.[4] A sequel, Shotley Bridge Revenge, was published in September 2026 as the second book in a planned five-book series.[15]
Selected works
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Academic publications (as Julie A. Wilson)
[edit]- With Ann L. Cunliffe, "Can Leadership Be Taught?", in The Routledge Companion to Leadership (2016).[7]
- With Ann L. Cunliffe, "The development and disruption of relationships between leaders and organizational members and the importance of trust", Leadership, 18(3), 359–382 (2022).[6]
- "Dyadic Relationship Quality (DRQ) – Describing the Development of Leader-Follower Relationship Quality: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study" (2022).[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Co-founder of award-winning nationwide bereavement service, Settld, pens her first novel". Northumberland Gazette.
- 1 2 3 "County Durham author's debut crime thriller climbs into top of global charts". Yahoo News UK.
- 1 2 3 "North-East entrepreneur turns to crime in debut novel, Shotley Bridge Murders". Durham OnAir. 21 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "How Did A Sheffield Tree Spark Creative Genius For Crime Writer Bobby Cussens?". Yorkshire.com. 16 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Former Eastbourne resident and new crime writer Bobby Cussens reveals the real reason she wrote the murder mystery – and her hopes for a Christmas No.1". Sussex Express.
- 1 2 Wilson, Julie A.; Cunliffe, Ann L. (2022). "The development and disruption of relationships between leaders and organizational members and the importance of trust". Leadership. 18 (3): 359–382. doi:10.1177/17427150211056738.
- 1 2 Cunliffe, Ann L.; Wilson, Julie (2016). "Can Leadership Be Taught?". The Routledge Companion to Leadership. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315739854-50.
- 1 2 "Dyadic Relationship Quality (DRQ) – Describing the Development of Leader-Follower Relationship Quality: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study". IntechOpen. 9 November 2022.
- 1 2 "25. Settld". Startups.co.uk. 8 January 2024.
- ↑ "Bereavement tech start-up Settld prepares to go global". BusinessLive. 29 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Phillips & Cohen Associates makes Settld acquisition". Credit Connect. 6 June 2024.
- ↑ "Account closure service launched for bereaved families". Hull Daily Mail. PA Media. 9 February 2021.
- ↑ Johnson, Katie. "The Estate Registry expands with acquisition of Settld". Today's Wills and Probate.
- 1 2 Cussens, Bobby (2025). Shotley Bridge Murders. ISBN 9781919238654.
- 1 2 "New Shotley Bridge Thriller: Shotley Bridge Revenge released this week". Durham OnAir. September 2026.