Author Interviews

Graham Bartlett talks about his second calling

August 5, 2022

I did actually want to explore something about how it was different for women both in terms of what they go through, but also what they offer

Graham Bartlett, bestselling author and advisor to crime writers, talks about his police career

July 19, 2022

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All I ever wanted to do was join the police

Elly Griffiths talks about life under lockdown in her latest Ruth Galloway book The Locked Room

June 1, 2022

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I've always wanted to write a locked room mystery, and here we are in a locked world

Professor Stuart Sillars talks about illustrated fiction between the wars

January 14, 2022

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I came to think of these magazines as very important survival mechanisms, keeping people together in communities

Peter James talks about his mate Roy Grace, Super Recognisers and playing with time

December 15, 2021

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He’s always been like a real character, almost like a mate to me

Elly Griffiths talks about misdirection, redemption and forensic botany …

October 19, 2021

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I'm certainly attached to Ruth and Nelson in a way that means I can't ever really just treat them as words on a page

Emily Winslow talks about writing crime fiction

August 31, 2021

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I think of myself as a crime writer, but with the very broadest definition of crime.

Alison Bruce talks about detective fiction

July 23, 2021

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My mum read things like Agatha Christie and British, cosy crime, but then she tended to watch American crime on the TV. Dad would sit reading his book, being very disapproving.