Paul Marriner
Paul grew up in a west London suburb and now lives in Berkshire. Married with two children, he is passionate about music, sport and, most of all, writing, on which he now concentrates full-time. Paul has written six novels and a collection of short stories and his primary literary ambition is that you enjoy reading them while he is hard at work on the next one (but still finding time to play drums).
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Fern Britton
Fern Britton, an English television presenter, was born on 17 July 1957 in Ealing, London. She was educated at Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont and underwent training in stage management at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She is the daughter of the English actor, Tony Britton and Ruth Britton. Fern Britton spent the early days of her life at Buckinghamshire. Her older sister, Cherry Britton, is a script writer and her younger half brother, Jasper Britton, is an actor. She is married to the celebrity chef, Phil Vickery and lives with her family at Holmer Green in Buckinghamshire.
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Fern Britton worked with a touring theatre company and in 1979, she started her career with Westward Television in Plymouth. She worked as a new -
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I write what I love to read - globetrotting, big issue thrillers that are super well researched inside complex plots full of twists and turns.
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The result of the above is The Race Is On Series, an idea I had on a trip to Iceland. The first in the series is called LEAP, which tells the tale of a device which has the power to halt global warming. The ensuing race to control the power of this machine continues in:
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Caroline England
CWA Dagger shortlisted Caroline England is known as the ‘Duchess of dark domestic noir’. Her psychological suspense thrillers are BENEATH THE SKIN, the top ten ebook bestseller MY HUSBAND'S LIES, BETRAY HER, TRUTH GAMES, THE SINNER and THE STRANGER BESIDE ME. THE RETURN OF FRANKIE WHITTLE hits the shelves on 8 February 2025.
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Caroline also pens gothic-tinged psychological thrillers as CE Rose. Stand alone THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS was followed by THE HOUSE ON THE WATER'S EDGE, THE SHADOWS OF RUTHERFORD HOUSE and THE ATTIC AT WILTON PLACE.
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Alexandra was the front-person of an underground indie band, has composed music for film and television and is currently writing her second novel. Her short stories and poems have appeared in journals and anthologies including The Best British Short Stories 2012. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was published by Orion in 2013. -
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I write under several pen names and in various genres: PJ Skinner (Travel Adventures and Cozy/Cosy Mystery), Pip Skinner (Sci-Fi), Kate Foley (Irish contemporary), and Jessica Parkin (children’s illustrated books).
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I moved to the south coast of England just before the Covid pandemic and after finishing my trilogy, The Green Family Saga, I planned the Seacastle Mysteries. I have always been a massive fan of crime and mystery and I guess it was inevitable I would turn my hand to a mystery series eventually. I will shortly publish the third book, Fatal Tribute.
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Katie Marsh
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I wrote romantic fiction before turning to crime in my forties. My debut novel was a World Book Night pick and my books are published in ten languages.
I live in the countryside and love strong coffee and pretending to be in charge of my children. ‘Murder on the Dancefloor'’, the second in my Bad Girls Detective Agency crime series, will be published by Boldwood Books in March 2024.
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Tanya Guerrero is Filipino and Spanish by birth, but has been fortunate enough to call three countries home—the Philippines, Spain, and the United States. Currently, she lives in a shipping container home in the suburbs of Manila with her husband, daughter, and a menagerie of rescued cats and dogs. She has volunteered for animal welfare organizations since 2008, focusing on Trap/Neuter/Return and Rescue/Foster/Adopt. In her free time, she grows her own food, bakes, and reads. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux BYR has published three of her middle grade books, How to Make Friends with the Sea (2020), All You Knead is Love (2021) and Adrift (2022), which have been nominated for state awards, been selected for the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard S -
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Like 10% of us, many of my family are dyslexic. While I'm not, I want my books to be enjoyed by readers with dyslexia and visual impairment too. That's why I publish my thrillers in a LARGE PRINT dyslexia-friendly edition as well as the standard paperback and ebook versions. Don't forget, when you’re reading an ebook, you can adjust the font on yo -
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Jen convenes the Edinburgh Writers’ Forum and is a trustee of Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival.
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Miriam O'Boye
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Kate Wiseman
I was a late developer, getting to university in my late 30s.
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A lifelong bookworm, I always wanted to write, but for a long time I was too scared of failure to try. When my son left home for university, I decided to have a go. I was lucky, being shortlisted for a national literary contest, and my writing career took off from there.
I started writing for children and young adults but have more or less moved to writing for adults. To date, I have written 4 Ganagster School books, a YA fantasy called Icarus and Velvet, 2 Mudlark Myateries (the second one is being released December 24) and Evolution, written under the nom de plume, Zelda Conway.
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He is the author of the non-fiction series of 'Silver Screen Cities' books, celebrating cinema-going in London, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Lisbon.
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Sue Clark
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But she had never done what she had always longed to do: write comic fiction.
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A.L. Glennon
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C. David Belt
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Jessica Butler
Give me a good book, a nice glass of pinot noir and throw a sherpa blanket on me and I'm a happy girl!
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By day, I'm a Membership Manager at a consulting firm for advertising agencies and by night, I'm a mommy of a wild toddler and equally wild cat, wife of a mechanic and escaper of reality with books and TV.
I have the best girlfriends who I can always count on for a good time and who have also been my biggest supporters of this new author territory I've stepped into!
Life is so freaking fun when you take the doubt out and let yourself flow freely.
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D.C.R. Bond
Thank you for visiting my Goodreads Author bio and taking an interest in my work, I really appreciate it:
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So, a little bit about me! I was born in London, but grew up Jamaica, then Zambia, and dimensions of this international upbringing feature in my writing. As a child I was encouraged to write and wanted to nurture an early talent and become a journalist.
I never did; instead, I studied law, then qualified as an accountant and worked for twenty years in the City. I'm not sure I ever really enjoyed that job. Now freed from the shackles of the day job, I have reverted to my childhood passion and I love my new career.
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Ana Cruz
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Writer, visual artist
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Jane Anderson
I am an Edinburgh based writer of historical fiction. I was born in Fife and originally studied English Literature at Edinburgh University. I spent most of my life living overseas in countries as far-flung as Vietnam, Azerbaijan and most recently, Egypt.
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I travelled extensively, including visiting Moscow and St Petersburg. Retelling history from the point of view of women is where the fun begins.
Edinburgh is a great place to be a writer and I am very active in the local writing community. I help to run two literary organisations here: The Edinburgh Writers’ Forum and the Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival.
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Timothy Jay Smith
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Сфарда Л. Гюль
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An artist and writer of pretentious purple prose since her early childhood brought up in a police state, Sfarda L. Gül’s (alias) creative focus hones in on the macabre and introspective, the grotesque and juxtaposing—a deconstruction of social ideology and human suffering influenced by her upbringing, queerness, historically persecuted mixed ethnicity, and dark-sided emotional disposition. Every story strives to be unapologetically anti-authoritarian, decolonial, anti-cop, anarchist, and pro-humanity.
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Pat Murray
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Early reviews are very promising! 'Compelling', 'brilliant'.
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Angela Dandy
Born in Grantham, I attended school in Newton Abbot before departing for a career in London. Majoring in IT in the 70s, exploring sales, marketing, training and communications along the way, I completed my first career managing major projects.
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I then embarked on my second career – writing. I wrote Lakeside while relaxing in California’s National Parks. I have since published The Silver Sting and its sequel, The Silver Dollar, and now The Gypsy Killer. My stories draw on people I have come to care about and minorities whom I believe should have a voice. The characters in my book have their own unique lives. They represent the richness and diversity of life. They are a part of me.
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Allen Therisa
Aside from writing fiction, Allen Therisa also contributes to blogs on everything from popular culture to politics.
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