Category: Author speaks
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Melanie Blake says ‘real characters pushed me to trilogy after 39 rejections from publishers’
‘I had no idea debut would be a bestseller and translated into 10 languages’ Melanie Blake has told The Book Insider about how she found herself writing a trilogy when she was originally surprised that she would be writing a sequel. She released the second in a series of three stories, titled Guilty Women, and…
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Janice Hallett admits ‘I couldn’t decipher The Twyford Code until I had written it’
‘I could not decipher The Twyford Code until I had written it’ When writing a complex, twisting tale which takes the readers on a roller coaster ride with seemingly dead ends which suddenly reveal a new path and a whole set of new suspicions for the readers, all the author has to do is keep…
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Melanie Blake: “Working class authors are expected to live through misery to succeed”
‘The tough times are meant to be part of the overall package’ Melanie Blake has told The Book Insider that a working class voice can sometimes find it hard to break through because it is expected that the ‘tough times’ they have had in real life needs to be part of the package to promote…
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Jess Impiazzi says ’emotions burst from my heart to the page’ when writing her story
‘I was realising my own beliefs about myself were holding me back’ Jess Impiazzi has not had a conventional journey to becoming a published author as for much of her life she has been known as a reality TV star, which is a tag she has found hard to leave behind as her acting career…
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Milly Johnson: “I’m not great at writing fluff, my terrain is a gritty one’
‘I do like to counterbalance this with humour in my books’ Milly Johnson already had more than 20 best-selling novels behind her before Together, Again hit the shelves but this didn’t stop the prolific Yorkshire-based writer seeking some advice as to what the book buying market was wanting. Not that the answer Milly was given…
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Janice Hallett: “The Alperton Angels are inspired by reality but it’s my creepiest story yet’
‘Compared to my previous novels, this is more procedural’ Janice Hallett was hailed as one of the UK’s pre-eminent crime writers in 2022, with The Appeal and The Twyford Code introducing readers to a new way to solve her complex mysteries. The new year gives fans of Hallett’s stories an opportunity to indulge in a…
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Rachel Amphlett: “I accidentally qualified as a private investigator when researching my thrillers’
‘Being totally immersed in the genre as a reader meant it was only a matter of time before I tried my hand at it myself’ Rachel Amphlett has an extensive back catalogue of crime and thrillers as well as a well received podcast on a similar genre. She has managed to build a huge following…
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