Author, Gwynneth Ashby and food and nutrition consultant, Ester Davies first met at a Society of Authors meeting and again in Australia. They both enjoy travelling, fine food and wine! Wherever they seem to go they manage to find a gourmet restaurant. During one of these meals the idea of Literary Detectives was born. They are both passionate about producing and presenting a television series on women writers based on Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Agatha Christie. This would be developed through their letters and archival material rather than on their books. The first programme, based on Jane Austen, will be produced in three intertwined strands: the food Jane ate in the different homes she visited, the medicine and dentistry, the different vehicles used by the family and the travelling problems in Georgian England. youtube