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Blog profile: The Welsh Librarian @welshlibrarian #KillerFest15

Your name: Vicky-Leigh Sayer Your blog’s name: The Welsh Librarian Blog’s URL: http://thewelshlibrarian.blogspot.co.uk Which types of books do you review? A wide variety, mainly crime and psychological thrillers, but also historical, women’s and contemporary fiction. What do you like about crime fiction? It’s ability to transport you into a… Read More

Q&A with author Emma Kavanagh @EmmaLK #killerfest15

Your name: Emma Kavanagh  Tell us about yourself: I have a PhD in psychology, am a police & military psychologist turned author, and am now kept entertained as the mother of two small boys (aged 3 and 6 months). Tell us about your latest book: Hidden is published on… Read More

Q&A with author Tony Schumacher @tonyshoey #killerfest15

Your name: Tony Schumacher Tell us about yourself: I came to your planet three thousand… oh hang on, no that’s not right. I’m a writer based in Liverpool, first novel, The Darkest Hour, out in 2014, second one due 2015. I’ve had what seems like a thousand jobs, including copper, taxi… Read More

Q&A with author Bruce Holsinger @bruceholsinger #killerfest15

Photograph by Daniel Addison Your name: Bruce Holsinger Tell us about yourself: I’m a writer, scholar, and unhealthily fanatical soccer dad. In my day job I teach English literature at the University of Virginia. Tell us about your latest book: The Invention of Fire imagines the beginning of gun violence in… Read More

Q&A with author Chris Curran @Christi_Curran #killerfest15

Your name: Chris Curran Tell us about yourself: I was born in London and left school at sixteen to work in the local library – my dream job at the time. After an idyllic few months reading everything on the shelves I returned to full-time education, took my degree, and became… Read More

The sea, the sea #killerfest15

A few thoughts about the importance of setting in Mindsight We’d reached the Old Town, huddled between two hills, and the gulls were circling over… Read More

A certain kind of story #killerfest15

As a crime fiction writer I believe that the appeal of the genre lies in the fact that there is something out there for everyone; thriller, suspense, or mystery. From detective fiction and legal thrillers to courtroom dramas and hard-boiled noir, you get to pick and choose… Read More

Q&A with author SJI Holliday @SJIHolliday #killerfest15

Your name:  SJI Holliday Tell us about yourself: I was born in Edinburgh and now live in London. I work as a statistician for a pharmaceutical company. I got married in a former lunatic asylum. I like walking along the river (well, along the side of… Read More

Q&A with author Patrick Kendrick #killerfest15

Your name: Patrick Kendrick Tell us about yourself: I was in the fire service most of my adult life but always did freelance writing for newspapers and magazines. Initially, I was doing personal experience and crime related stories, but when Gerard Schaefer, a serial killer I wrote about… Read More

Q&A with author Mark Sennen @MarkSennen #killerfest15

Your name: Mark Sennen Tell us about yourself: Originally a programmer by profession but not choice. Decided to ‘finish that novel’ during recession when work was scarce. Now write almost full time (need to do a little programming to supplement meagre author income!). Married with two daughters. Live in the middle… Read More

Mainlander #killerfest15

I seem to have written a thriller by accident. I started writing a book about a teacher from the Mainland stewing over the state of his marriage while sitting on a headland back on the island of Jersey where I grew up. I had him bump into a pupil near… Read More

Introducing Black Run #killerfest15

Norway had Harry Hole, Scotland had Rebus, Sweden had Wallander, Belgium had Poirot, and Italy…has Rocco Schiavone Black Run: For your Euro crime fiction fix The dark flanks of the Alps tower over everything. Wind whistles through… Read More