Why I Write What I Don't Know

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...

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How to Write a Murder Mystery

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.

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Crime Fiction Lover interviews Adrian Magson

Crime Fiction Lover grills Adrian Magson on why he chose a French setting for his crime series including Death on the Point Noir, how he balances several wiritng projects and what he likes about the 1960s...

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D E Meredith reveals the dark inspiration behind Devoured

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.

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YouTube interview for USA Today

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.

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Shots Magazine interviews Adrian Magson

Shots Magazine puts Adrian Magson under the spotlight and asks him about his France-set Lucas Rocco crime series, what he does to relax, what advice does he have for aspiring writers, and more...

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The Good Book Guide focuses on Adrian Magson

The Good Book Guide interviews Adrian Magson and reviews the first two books in his acclaimed Lucas Rocco crime series Death on the Marais and Death on the Rive Nord.

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A tribute to Ray Bradbury

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!'

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Transcript of Rachel Caine's Twinterview

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.

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About The Panama Hotel...

Jamie Ford talks about The Panama Hotel and some other locations that inspired his novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

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