C.J. Griffiths has spent most of his working life in the NHS, both as a paramedic and in operating theatres, and loves exploring medicine and the darker side of medical ethics in his writing. He was shortlisted for Penguin WriteNow 2020, and is proud to have been the recipient of the 2021 Writers’ and Artists’ Working-Class Writers’ Prize. More recently, he has worked on a shadow scheme with BBC Casualty.

MALE, UNKNOWN was shortlisted and highly commended by the Crime Writers' Association in the 2023 Debut Daggers.