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Q&A with author Rosie Claverton @rosieclaverton #killerfest15

Your (author) name: Rosie Claverton Tell us about yourself: I am a screenwriter, novelist and junior psychiatrist living in London. Tell us about your latest book: Code Runner is the second book in Cardiff-set series The Amy Lane Mysteries. Ex-con Jason Carr is framed for murder and agoraphobic… Read More

Q&A with author JS Law @JSLawBooks #killerfest15

Your name: J.S.Law Tell us about yourself: I joined the Royal Navy in 1993 as an apprentice and went on to serve for twenty years, the majority spent in the Submarine Service. I rose through the ranks, taking a commission as an engineering officer in 2001, and serving as… Read More

Q&A with author Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill #killerfest15

Your (author) name: Fergus McNeill Tell us about yourself: I run a studio that makes apps for mobile phones, and I’ve been designing games since I was a teenager back in the eighties… but really, I always wanted to be an author. My early games were interactive fiction… Read More

Blog profile: Miss Chapter’s Reviews @georginatranter #KillerFest15

Your name   Georgina Tranter Your blog’s name  Miss Chapter’s Reviews Blog’s URL http://misschaptersreviews.blogspot.co.uk Which types of books do you review?  Fiction, non-fiction, children’s books What do you like about crime fiction?  Grippy, page turning books that you can’t put down and especially when you think you know whodunnit and… Read More

Blog profile: A Crime Readers Blog @vistaspa #KillerFest15

Your name Candi Colbourn Your blog’s name Acrimereadersblog Blog’s URL https://acrimereadersblog.wordpress.com/ Which types of books do you review? Any type of crime although mainly more modern day rather than historical What do you like about crime fiction? I love the fact it is accessible to anyone, there are no… Read More

Q&A with author Lynn Shepherd @Lynn_Shepherd #killerfest15

Your name: Lynn Shepherd Tell us about yourself: I write ‘literary mysteries’ – in essence, historical crime novels with a literary angle. The first was Murder at Mansfield Park in 2010 – I’m proud to have been the first novelist to turn Jane Austen murderous! Then it was… Read More

Q&A with author Ian Sansom @ian_sansom #killerfest15

Your (author) name: Ian Sansom. Which is not only my (author) name. It’s my actual name. Tell us about yourself: Must I? Why? What would you like to know? Honestly, there’s not much to tell. Birth. School. Work. The usual. Tell us about your latest book: Oh yes, that’s… Read More

A writer’s natural habitat #killerfest15

Dickens had his chalet. Roald Dahl had his shed. Maya Angelou, hotel rooms. Edith Sitwell wrote in bed. All of my books have been written nowhere in particular, and in transit, between jobs and very late at night. My first book, The Truth About Babies, was written while traveling with… Read More

Festival profile: Bloody Scotland

Bloody Scotland is Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival and takes place each September in the historic Old Town of Stirling. Scottish crime writing is regarded as some of the best in… Read More

Blog profile: The House of Crime and Mystery @housecrimystery #KillerFest15

Your name:  Jacques Filippi Your blog’s name: The House of Crime and Mystery Blog’s URL: http://houseofcrimeandmystery.blogspot.com Which types of books do you review: crime fiction, mystery, thrillers, also biographies and other non-fiction titles What do you like about crime fiction: The best crime fiction will pull me into a world… Read More
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