We all imagine the homes of our favourite characters, from ‘real world’ characters like Sherlock Holmes, through to the more horrifying like Dracula, or fantasy like The Weasley’s from Harry Potter. So when Rhian got in touch with me offering to show me the posters of literary homes her team had made, I HAD to…
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CRIMINALLY GOOD: interview with author Gwyn GB
1) So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Gwyn GB, the GB stands for my extremely long surname – Garfield-Bennett which I inherited from my husband. I am the author of Lonely Hearts, a crime thriller, as well as a literary/women’s fiction book, Islands. I’ve always been a writer. From…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Gunnar Staalesen and I’m a Norwegian crime writer. I have written eighteen novels and two collections of short stories about the Bergen-based private detective, Varg Veum. You can find out more about me and my books, as well as about the TV…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? My name is Owen Mullen, I am a Scottish writer of crime fiction. My first book is a thriller set in Pakistan. Over the next few months my publisher Bloodhound Books will be releasing 3 novels in the Charlie Cameron series set in Glasgow: Games…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Interview with author Steph Broadribb
So, who are you & what have you written? Okay, so I’m Steph Broadribb also known as Crime Thriller Girl. I’m an alumni of the MA Creative Writing at City University London and trained as a bounty hunter in California. My debut novel Deep Down Dead is out now and is the first in the…
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So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Harry Bingham. I’ve written a lot of things over the years, but am currently writing the thing I’m proudest of: the Fiona Griffiths crime series. The books are technically Cardiff-set police procedurals . . . except that Fiona has very little interest in procedure and…
Continue ReadingBEST OF 3: Paul Barrow aka @VelvetTortoise, writer
A Touch Of Frost by R.D. Wingfield WHY I LIKE IT: OK, I admit I only read the series of ‘Frost’ books because I loved David Jason playing the scruffy detective on screen but I immediately fell in love with them. Wingfield uses time periods rather than chapters – a technique which inspired my own…
Continue ReadingBEST OF 3: E.C Jarvis, Author
Many thanks to author EC Jarvis for her crime/mystery recommendations today … And happy publication day, too! Check out EC’s new book, HERE and congrats :D! EC has chosen some real CRIME CLASSICS today for Best of 3! You can see EC’s article on my writing tips and networking site, Bang2write, here >> 5 Tips In…
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