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Crime Writers' Association

writers' association in the United Kingdom founded by John Creasey in 1953
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Crime Writers' Association

Summary

Crime Writers' Association is a professional association[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of professional_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crime Writers' Association is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Crime Writers' Association's instance of is recorded as professional association[4].
  • Crime Writers' Association's founder is recorded as John Creasey[5].
  • Crime Writers' Association's headquarters location is recorded as Norwich[6].
  • 1953 marks the founding of Crime Writers' Association[7].
  • Crime Writers' Association's official website is recorded as https://thecwa.co.uk[8].
  • Crime Writers' Association's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crime Writers' Association[9].
  • Crime Writers' Association's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5747[10].
  • Crime Writers' Association's different from is recorded as CWA[11].
  • Crime Writers' Association's members have occupation is recorded as crime fiction writer[12].
  • Crime Writers' Association's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues[13].

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Founding

Crime Writers' Association's founder is recorded as John Creasey[5]. 1953 marks the founding of it[7].

Operations

Crime Writers' Association's headquarters location is recorded as Norwich[6].

Why It Matters

Crime Writers' Association ranks in the top 7% of professional_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Works attributed to it include The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time[15], a list of best books[16], founded in 1990[17].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Piotrus · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founded by → —
    Headquarters location → Norwich
    Official website → https://thecwa.co.uk
    Instance of → professional association
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Cwa-logo.PNG"
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