Nigel Colin McCrery is an English screenwriter, producer, and writer. He is the creator of the long-running crime dramas Silent Witness (1996–present) and New Tricks (2003–15).
McCrery has written several crime novels, in the series Silent Witness and The Detective Inspector Lapslie Books. (five books with two more to come). A “Silent Witness” short story was serialised over three parts in the Mail On Sunday.