It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear friend and MWA Grand Master Peter Lovesey. Peter passed away peacefully at his home in Shrewsbury, England, on April 10, 2025, after a courageous battle against pancreatic cancer. He was with Jax, his wife of 65 years. He was 88 years old. Peter Lovesey was born in 1936 in Middlesex, England, and counted as his earliest memory the 1944 Blitz bombing that destroyed his family’s house. In 1955, he entered Reading University, pursuing a degree in visual arts, but in December of his first year was persuaded to switch departments by an English professor who had been impressed by one of Peter’s essays. He graduated with honors in 1958 and the next year married his sweetheart, Jackie “Jax,” with whom he would have two children, Kathy and Phil. After a decade spent as a teacher, Peter got his start as crime fiction writer via a first novel contest sponsored by Macmillan/Panther. In a writing career that spanned six decades, Peter published forty-three novels: five stand-alone crime novels, including the CWA Gold Dagger winner The False Inspector Dew, which was selected to be on the CWA’s list of…