It’s Halloween, so for this year’s horror-themed Book Vs Film we’re comparing one of the classics. It’s the book that remained on The New York Times bestseller list for over a year. It’s the film that became the first horror to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.It’s William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist! So say a…
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Literary Gifts So if you’re on a budget like me and have a lot of family, your mind may have turned to Christmas gifts already … Or perhaps you are looking for the perfect gift for someone’s birthday. If your family members love books as much as mine do, then you should take a look…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Alex Shaw, and I’m a member of the CWA and the ITW. I’m the author of the Aidan Snow series of thrillers, published by HQ Digital/HarperCollins in English and Luzifer Verlag in German. I’ve also been contracted to write for Amazon’s Kindle Worlds (a…
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1) Rainwater by Sandra Brown My thoughts: This was no bodice-ripping, muscle-bound hero story, just as such elements don’t exist in my books. It’s a beautiful novel set in the Deep Depression in Texas. Ella, who runs a boarding house, has a new boarder – Mr. Rainwater who is dying of cancer. He manages to…
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The Book Molly’s Game tells the story of a young women who built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world. Billed as ‘an insider’s story of excess and danger, glamour and greed’, the book promises to be a no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes look at the game, the life she created, the life…
Continue Reading1) So, who are you & what have you written? My name is June Trop. A transplant from New Jersey, I have lived in New Paltz, New York in the mid-Hudson Valley for more than thirty years. I began my professional life as a science teacher in New Jersey, moved to New Paltz when I married…
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1) So, who are you & what have you written? Belinda Bauer. I’ve written eight crime novels – Blacklands, Darkside, Finders Keepers, Rubbernecker, The Facts of Life and Death, The Shut Eye, The Beautiful Dead and Snap. I’ve also written High Rollers – a thriller about an air crash investigator – under the pen name…
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1) So, who are you and what have you written? I’m Val Penny and I am an American author living in SW Scotland where I live with my Scottish husband and two cats. I have a Law degree from Edinburgh University and an MSc from Napier University. Throughout my life to date, I have had many…
Continue Reading1) So, who are you & what have you written? I served in the Royal Navy for ten years including in the Falklands War before migrating to Australia and becoming a police office. I served for 17 years before being medically retired after being seriously injured while protecting a woman in a domestic violence situation….
Continue Reading1) So, who am I and what have I written? I’m Gordon Brown, not the ex-Prime Minister, and I’ve written six novels so far. Falling and Falling Too (the Charlie Wiggs series), Darkest Thoughts, Furthest Reaches and Deepest Wounds (the Craig McIntyre series) and a stand-alone called 59 Minutes. I’ve also written a number of published short stories in…
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