The Book So, this one should be called ‘TV Versus Book Versus Film’! I’d assumed the book had come first, then the TV show, but apparently not. Lynda La Plante is a bit of a heroine of mine. I was absolutely thrilled to meet Lynda briefly a few years’ back at London Screenwriters Festival. It…
Continue ReadingSomething a little different today … Here’s an interview I did with the awesomely prolific Rachel Amphlett, author of the Kay Hunter Series (amongst others!). Make sure you check her books out. Over to you, Rachel! 1) Like me, you’re a huge fan of thrillers. What attracted you to writing in the crime/thriller genre? Was…
Continue ReadingAs a script editor for movies and short film, I noticed a long time ago there’s a kind of homogenisation of characters in stories. Too often, stories are white, male, heterosexual and abilitity-centric, marginalising all others as being representative of ‘issues’. It’s for this reason I wrote my latest non-fiction book, Writing Diverse Characters In…
Continue Reading1) So, who are you and what have you written? I’m Sanjida Kay and I write psychological thrillers. My first one is called, Bone by Bone, and is about a mother who discovers her daughter is being bullied and tries to deal with the bully herself…with tragic consequences. My second is The Stolen Child, which…
Continue Reading1) So, who are you & what have you written? I am Sharmishtha Shenoy, an author in the murder mystery genre. I love to read. My favorite authors are Ruskin Bond, Satyajit Ray, Agatha Christie, JK Rowling, PG Wodehouse. I was born and brought up in Kolkata, the city of Joy , India. I studied in…
Continue ReadingThis great link from Book Riot turned up on my social media feeds recently – 100 Must-Read Books With Unlikeable Women. It’s SUCH comprehensive list and there’s plenty on there to add the TBR! As I’ve written before, I LOVE an ‘unlikeable’ woman (though I’d call them ‘enigmatic’, rather than unlikeable!!). My protagonist in my debut,…
Continue Reading1) Who are you, and what have you written? I am Paolo Sedazzari and I have written The BMX and The River Cult Murders which has recently been published by The New Pulp Press. They are based in Florida and specialize in lurid crime fiction. I like to think of it as an authentic day-by-day…
Continue Reading1) So, who are you and what have you written? I’m an ink-stained wretch, having spent more than twenty years as a journalist specializing in crime stories. My serial killer thriller Deadly Fare was published on Amazon in October and is available in both paperback and ebook. I’m currently working on another novel that involves…
Continue Reading1) Hi, who are you and what have you written? Hi, I’m Andrew Barrett, and I write crime fiction. I wrote my first crime novel in 1997, but wanted something different from the normal detective book. I wanted more forensic detail, and so I wrote a trilogy (A Long Time Dead, Stealing Elgar, and No…
Continue ReadingThis Q&A originally took place on our Crime, Ink Facebook page. 1) Is Cate based on anyone? She’s such a GREAT character. As you know, Cate is a petite (short!) probation officer with red hair…so far, so autobiographical. And of course I was able to use my working knowledge, and my fears, and put them…
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