Featured Author Friday: Chris SimmsOutside the White Lines – the ideas behind the story In last week’s post, I described how one question makes authors quake in their shoes: where do your ideas come from? Most writers – myself included...
Featured Author Friday: Chris SimmsThe question authors dread. They stare at me in silence, hands raised high. It’s the part of a talk when I feel like David Dimbleby on Question Time. Who should I point to? ‘OK, the dark-haired lady i...
Sitting in Soho with Simenon’s Son There are definite perks to being a writer of books on crime fiction. Such as invitations to a meal at discreet Soho House (situated, coincidentally, in Soho)...
Drugs, poisons and serious organised crime at CSI Portsmouth 2013Internationally acclaimed crime authors joined police and forensic experts and an audience of over a hundred and thirty at CSI Portsmouth 2013 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in the Portsmout...
The International Author: D. A. MishaniBeing a crime novelist in a country where crime writing is scarce, I’m often asked why I have chosen to write crime novels of all things. After all, I could have written novels that don’t...
Chasing the elusive Lights, and Iceland NoirEarlier this year, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Ragnar Jónasson and I met over a curry and a beer, and it turned out we had had similar thoughts about Iceland’s lack of any kind of crime fiction festival. Ice...
Phil Rickman – The Magus of HayPhil Rickman swapped his native Lancashire for the rural peace of mid-Wales to work as a BBC radio and TV reporter. He now lives on the Welsh Border, where he writes crime novels with a restrained ele...
Jean Chapman, Deadly SeriousJean Chapman lives in rural Leicestershire worked as freelance journalist before switching to fiction. After a first foray in the short story magazine markets, she wrote sixteen historical novels befo...
Alison Joseph, Dying To KnowAlison Joseph is a London-based crime writer and also radio dramatist with about 25 radio plays and adaptations to her name. Her series of novels feature Sister Agnes, a contemporary detective nun bas...
Amy Myers, Classic in the PitsAmy Myers lives in Kent. By chance, so does Jack Colby – her classic car sleuth. Evoking the golden age of crime, Amy’s tales are narrated by Jack. And the setting? Traditional Agatha Christie c...
When I asked what inspired the Riz Sabir thriller series, Charlie told me he has a background in the UK extremism scene – having seen it from ‘both sides’. Knowing what a bizarre, murky and violent wo...
Mark Roberts, The Sixth SoulMark Roberts was born, lives and works in Liverpool. He was a mainstream teacher for twenty years and for the last eleven has worked as a special school teacher. A stint spent writing for the theatr...
Leigh Russell, Fatal ActNot content with just one crime-fighting hero, Leigh Russell writes both the Geraldine Steel and Ian Peterson series of psychological crime novels. Leigh tells me she is fascinated by characters, espe...
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Mari Hannah, Monument To MurderMari Hannah, Monument To Murder Mari’s close familiarity with crime and its consequences were gained through working as a probation officer. When an assault while on duty ended that career, Mari turn...
Patrick Easter, The Rising TideAs a former Metropolitan Police officer who spent part of his career on the Thames, Patrick uses his experience of patrolling the river to describe what it’s like to deal with crime, criminals, accide...
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