Meet writer Stef Fox

Stef has been helping stories take flight for over twenty years, first as a magazine journalist, then as a digital content creator and now as a ghostwriter, novelist and of course podcaster.

She brings her editorial, technical and interviewing expertise to Cunny Corner, asking the questions, steering the conversations ... and cutting it all together in the editing room.

Stef's first true crime novel Lay Your Head publishes in winter 2025/26. It tells the story of a real life triple murder that took place in South Devon in 1936. For the past 90 years the case has remained unsolved but Stef has been able to piece together the events surrounding the crime, thanks to her discovery of a file of original police and court documents and intrepid historical research. Email her on steffoxadcock@live.com to register your interest.

As a ghostwriter for StoryTerrace Stef has written nearly forty memoirs for clients across the world and from all walks of life. She also takes private commissions - email her on steffoxadcock@live.com to discuss.

Follow Stef @devonwriter on Instagram and Stef Fox Adcock on Facebook

Notorious

Stef is bringing her editorial skills to Sue Pengelly's new book, Notorious, which tears open the social underbelly of Victorian Barnstaple, a thriving coastal town, revealing the prostitutes in all their cunning, clever, feisty and crime ridden glory.

These women refused to conform to societal norms and often paid dearly for it. Warrior women, every one.

Publication anticipated winter 2025 - email us on cunnycorner@gmail.com to register your interest.

Lay Your Head

Publishing Winter 2025/26 This true fiction novel solves the mystery of the triple murder of a Devon mother and her daughters in 1936.

Devon, June 1936. Croft farm is on fire and the beaten bodies of two sisters and their mother lay inside, a pillow tucked carefully under each head. Patriarch Thomas is on a burning bed, with head injuries and no memory of events.

Local gossips discuss a stranger in the village; a hidden pregnancy; Thomas' strange relationship with his daughters; the motives of the farmhand who found the bodies. Inspector West picks his way through the evidence and theories, hindered by meddling from the Masons.

Using original police evidence and expert opinion this true-crime novel ends with a fact-based account of what may have happened on that dreadful day.