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My first trilogy, The Comeback Trail, was based in the music business in America. It was a simple tale of a washed-up singer who accidently kills his girlfriend and discovers that the act of killing enables him to write a hit song. To give this some context, I own a record label in the States called Gulf Coast Records, they say write about what you know. If I could just clarify, I am talking about music not murder, if that were the case this would be a confession not an article. I digress. The...
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Parasocial Crime Solvers in the Age of Social Media
Samantha Moody
Samantha Moody is an Award-winning screenwriter. Sam graduated with a law degree in 2008 as the financial crash happened, (probably not her fault!). Jobless, she escaped to Japan to find herself but instead found a haunted apartment and taught English at a junior high school. When Sam returned to the UK she worked in corporate innovation but was made redundant when COVID struck. To make ends meet she turned to gig writing for indie game developers and discovered a passion for screenwriting. All inspired by her experience of starting over and reflecting complicated family relationships. She now pens female lead coming of age stories with a touch of horror and adventure. Sleuths is her debut novel; a heady mix of comedy, romance and kidnapping.
Truth Darker Than Fiction
Ilona Bannister
Ilona Bannister is the author of When I Ran Away and Little Prisons. She has lived in the UK for more than twenty years but is still a New Yorker at heart. Her characters are flawed and searching for belonging and redemption. Ilona’s writing has been described by Chris Whittaker as ‘ridiculously good... darkly thrilling and unforgettable.’ Bannister’s new novel Five asks the question: What if the next five minutes were your last?
Apart from MI5 and the CIA, who needs an agent?
Mark Grenside began his working career at Lloyds of London, specializing in kidnap, ransom and extortion insurance. He then got a job with Jim Henson and the Muppets before becoming an executive in the film industry. He spent many years as a film producer and has a vast experience of the industry. His first novel Fall Out will be published this summer. Described as The Da Vinci Code meets Get Shorty, Fall Out is a blockbuster global thriller. In this provocative, tongue-in-cheek, article Mark questions the value of having an agent for the modern writer.
McCoist – On the Edge and up Against it
Callum McSorley
Scottish author Callum McSorley used his experience of working at a car wash to infuse the plot of his first novel Squeaky Clean, which featured loner detective Alison ‘Ally’ McCoist. Always in trouble with her bosses and the bad guys. The novel, steeped in the humour of the streets of lasgow, won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel at the Bloody Scotland Festival. Rat Race is the third in the Ally McCoist series.
The Supernatural in Crime Fiction
Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd is the author of six novels. Her books have been chosen for BBC2 Between the Covers and nominated for many awards, both in the UK and Ireland. Following Murder at Gulls Nest her new novel Murder at the Spirit Lounge is the second Nora Breen Investigates. Nora is a former Carmelite nun described by Richard Armitage as ‘an understated genius with wit and guts. She’s Maria von Trapp on steroids…’
From Courtroom to the Page
William McIntyre
William McIntyre is a retired Scottish lawyer specialising in criminal defence during a thirty-year career which included several high-profile cases.That career was the inspiration for his character Robbie Monro and many of the clients and cases he tackles/supports. The Monro series is authentic, revealing of Scottish law, complex and witty. The Vinci relaunch of the series will hopefully bring some great books to a new audience. Relatively Guilty is the first title.
Writing in Dangerous Territory
Matthew Hall
Screen writer Matthew Hall lives on the Wales/England border. His new novel Totem is a legal/environmental thriller, illustrated by Jeff ‘Red’ George, an Ojibway artist. It is part set in the world of the first nations people of Canada. In a moving piece he explains the background to writing Totem.
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