1) So, who are you and what have you written? I am Katerina Diamond and so far I have written The Sunday times Bestseller The Teacher and my current book which is The Secret – Both are crime thrillers as we follow DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles as they investigate some nasty stuff….
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CRIMINALLY GOOD: Interview with author Maggie James
Happy (re)publication day to author Maggie James, whose novel His Kidnapper’s Shoes comes out today – Nov 15th, 2016 – via Lake Union. You can get it HERE. Now, over to Maggie … 1) So, who are you & what have you written? Hi, thanks for interviewing me on Criminally Good! My name is Maggie…
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1) What inspired you to become an author? It was a diary that I kept whilst taking a year out to travel that ignited my interest in writing and encouraged me to sign up for a creative writing course. I didn’t see myself as a fiction author though, and initially studied non-fiction, writing articles for…
Continue Reading12 Questions For Ruth Dugdall (HUMBER BOY B)
This 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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1) So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Mari Hannah. I’m a Northumberland based author/screenwriter, published by Pan Macmillan, best known for my Kate Daniels series of police procedurals – now five books in. My debut The Murder Wall won the Polari First Book Prize and my second book Settled…
Continue ReadingBest of 3: Bad Guy Leads
We hear a lot about ‘likeable’ leads – but what if a book’s protagonist is just plain BAD? We’re talking a domestic abuser, a paedophile, or a serial killer … That would be too difficult to read, surely — never mind WRITE! Yet somehow, these novelists manage it — wow! 1) TWISTED RIVER by Siobhan…
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