1) So who are you and what have you written? I’m a debut author who has just written a book called The Man on the Middle Floor, published by Red Door. It’s a thriller set in a three floor converted house in London and the three main characters all live in flats within that house but don’t…
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CRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Linda Huber
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m a physiotherapist turned English teacher turned writer. Crime fiction wasn’t where my writing career started, though. The first fifty-odd times I saw my name in print, it was attached to a romantic short story in a magazine. I don’t know why it took me…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Simon Hall, author & crime correspondant
1) So, who are you & what have you written? Until recently, I was a BBC news correspondent, but I left the corporation at the start of the year to write and teach full time. I have written seven novels in my TV detective series, along with short stories, a play based on the books,…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Doug Johnstone, author
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Doug Johnstone, a Scottish novelist, musician and journalist, amongst other things. I’ve had nine novels published, all standalone thrillers somewhere in the psychological thriller or domestic noir ballpark. My latest, Fault Lines, is published by the brilliant Orenda Books, and is something of a…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Paul FitzSimons, author and screenwriter
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Paul FitzSimons, I like moonlight walks and romantic movies … I’m a writer for the last 13 years and have tried my hand at pretty-much everything – novels, TV, movies, theatre, even Haiku (love haiku). My novel BURNING MATCHES is actually the first thing I…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with Maxim Jakubowski, author
1) So, who are you and what have you written? I’m Maxim Jakubowski. I was a book worm from an early age and owe my writing career to a teacher in his Paris school who, when I was 13, encouraged me to write stories rather than dry compositions and the bug has never left me…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Crime Investigator & Author S C Cunningham
1) So, who are you & what have you written? Hello there, I’m S C Cunningham. The ‘S’ is for ‘Siobhan’ which is pronounced ‘Shevonne’. I know, I know, it’s a crazy spelling, you try growing up with it! I’m British-born of Irish parents from Wicklow, Dublin. In Irish when the letters ‘B’ and ‘H’ are placed…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Peter Beck
1) So, who are you & what have you written? Hi there, I’m Peter Beck, the author of DAMNATION, an international, high-octane thriller. Mark Gimenez (author of The Colour of Law) says DAMNATION is ‘A terrific thriller! Smart and savvy.’ It’s published by PointBlank, an imprint of Oneworld, twice winner of the Man Booker Prize. You can…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Joel Hames
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Joel Hames, I’m a Londoner exiled to the rural north west of England, and I’ve written three novels. Bankers Town, my debut, was published in 2014. It’s a tragi-comic tale of the world of the City up to and beyond the 2008 crash. That…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Sophie Hannah, author
1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Sophie Hannah: a crime writer, a poet and (more recently, and to my huge surprise) the co-creator of a murder mystery musical. My latest published book is Did You See Melody?. It’s a contemporary crime novel set in Arizona, though it has a British heroine who has kind of run away from home…
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