Jude Tindall

Jude Tindall (17 January 1964 – 4 August 2024) was the creator of the drama series Sister Boniface Mysteries, and co-creator of the detective comedy/drama Shakespeare and Hathaway.

Biography Tindall was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her maiden name was Tompkinson. She was educated in Wokingham at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, going on to study history of art at the University of St Andrews. In 1989 she married Mark Donald Papillon Tindall, Actor Richard Price, who appeared in many episodes of Father Brown penned by Tindall, was quoted in the Radio Times describing Tindall as a "wonderful creative", while The Daily Telegraphs obituary for Tindall described her as the "queen of cosy crime."