23 Sunday Sep 2018
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It’s always interesting to do a Meet the Author Q&A with an author you’ve already met and thought you knew…
So, it was a bit of a surprise to discover that Graeme Cumming, author of the genre-busting Ravens Gathering, reviewed here on Book Lovers Booklist in March, has walked on hot coals and likes to eat poached egg and mashed potato.
Find out what else rocks his boat… Continue reading
27 Monday Aug 2018
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Author Paula Houseman was once a graphic designer.
But when the temptation to include ‘the finger’ as part of a logo for a forward-moving women’s company proved too much, she knew it was time to give up design.
Instead, she took up writing.
Her love of satire, combined with a fondness for double entendres, means her novels – earthy chick lit and romantic comedy – are a tad Monty Pythonesque.
‘But,’ says Houseman, whose Ruth Roth series features a humourless schoolmarm with Continue reading
27 Wednesday Jun 2018
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Whatever you do, don’t mess with crime writer BA Steadman, author of Death on Dartmoor.
She’s a dab hand with a sword!
Although it’s a little while since she went into battle, Steadman’s a second Dan in the Japanese martial art laidō, which roughly translates into English as ‘the way of mental presence and immediate reaction’. Continue reading
15 Friday Jun 2018
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Prizewinning author DA Watson spent several years working in bars, restaurants and call centres before going back to university with the half-arsed plan to become a music teacher.
Halfway through his degree at the University of Glasgow, he discovered he was actually better at writing, and unleashed his debut novel, In the Devil’s Name, on an unsuspecting public in the summer of 2012.
Plans for a career in education left firmly in the dust, he Continue reading
11 Friday May 2018
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Sometimes author Jane Dunning, whose first novel Thirty-five Minutes from St Tropez was inspired by her love of Provence, wonders if France is in her blood because she was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
‘I’m not sure,’ she says, ‘but I truly love our neighbour across the English Channel.’
Which, perhaps, explains why Brexit is testing her patience.
Her first visit to France was in 1978 when it had few Continue reading
30 Monday Apr 2018
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Life, says Roger Bray, author of The Picture, is an endless adventure.
And he’s had plenty of adventures – serving in the navy, fighting in wars and, finally, as a police officer, where he was medically retired after sustaining a serious injury protecting a woman in a domestic violence incident.
A period of depression followed. But he firmly believes that when one door closes, another opens. So, he enrolled in college and studied for bachelor and master degrees where, alongside the qualifications, he discovered an unexpected bonus. Continue reading
24 Tuesday Apr 2018
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AJ (Alison) Waines is a hugely successful author, she has sold over 450,000 books worldwide and topped the UK and Australian Kindle Charts in two consecutive years with her number one bestseller, Girl on a Train.
Following fifteen years as a psychotherapist, she is now a full-time novelist with publishing deals in the UK, France, Germany, Norway, Hungary and USA (audiobooks).
Her fourth psychological thriller, No Longer Safe, sold over 30,000 copies in the first month, in thirteen countries.
Her most recent book is Don’t You Dare, a thriller that explores the dark side of a mother-daughter relationship when pushed to the limit.
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05 Monday Mar 2018
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Former champion jockey Frankie Dettori has paid tribute to author Emily Williams for drawing attention to the welfare of retired racehorses in her YA debut Rafferty Lincoln Loves…
Dettori, named the world’s best jockey in 2015, said the novel deserved to be celebrated for drawing attention to an important cause.
‘It’s fantastic,’ he said, ‘to see a contemporary novel for young adults embracing passion and a love for horses as well as advocating for their welfare.’ Continue reading
05 Monday Feb 2018
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It’s all systems go for Sam Boush, whose debut novel All Systems Down is a futuristic thriller set in the wake of a cyber war that has pretty much destroyed Western civilisation.
Sam has worked as a wildland firefighter, journalist, and owner of a mid-sized marketing agency.
Though he’s lived in France and Spain, his heart belongs in Portland, Oregon, where Continue reading
11 Saturday Nov 2017
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What do scampi and chips, black coffee and a good pair of jeans have in common?
They’re just a few of author Rachel Amphlett’s favourite things.
Amphlett, whose new thriller Hell to Pay, the latest in the Detective Kay Hunter series, will be published on November 16, explains here why she loves a good cup of coffee and always makes a beeline for her favourite seafood dinner when she visits the UK. Continue reading
