The most recent cool extras added by Allison and Busby:
Rachel Caine, author of the bestselling Morganville Vampire series shares her thoughts on Halloween in this Kindle Post.
Ruth Dudley Edwards discusses her satirical crime novel Killing the Emperors and on RTE 1's art show Arena.
Strange Alliances interviews D E Meredith about the process of writing her first novel, Devoured, from the orginal idea to publication, her research on the Victorian period and forensics, writing Victorian dialogue and more...
New writers are usually told to "write what you know", but here D E Meredith, author of the Hatton and Roumande Victorian Crime series explains On the Literary Sofa why she writes what she doesn't know...
Jaqueline Winspear, author of the acclaimes Maisie Dobbs mystery series, talks to The Lady about how she came up with the idea for her heroine and why she chose to write murder mysteries.
In an article written especially for Book Oxygen, author D E Meredith exposes the valuable links between experience and writing, revealing some of the dark origins behind her debut Devoured, the first novel in a the Hatton & Roumande series set in Victorian London and featuring one of the first forensic detectives.
Following her winning the RT Reviewer's Choice award for The Rose Garden, Susanna Kearsley talks about the book as well as her other novels that have made her the success she is today.
Anna Jacobs recounts her very first book publication - and how it was accomplished due to the generosity of a certain very famous author.
'When my first author’s copy arrived, dropping through the letterbox in the front door, as letters still do in the UK, I tore the package open on the spot, staring in utter delight at my first published book, stroking my name on the cover. Then I sat on the hall floor, cuddling the book and crying my eyes out – as you do when you’re utterly happy!'
Fans of the Morganville Vampires were invited to ask Rachel Caine questions via Twitter for an hour by Waterstones using hashtag #rcbd (Rachel Caine Black Dawn). Here is the full transcript of the Twinterview as features on the Waterstones Facebook page.
Jamie Ford talks about The Panama Hotel and some other locations that inspired his novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.