Author interview – Christopher Wallace

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Christopher Wallace is the Communications Director at Scottish Water, the national water authority, and former MD of a leading Scottish advertising agency. His background in advertising, for the government in particular, provided the inspiration for his fourth novel, KILLING THE MESSENGER.

It’s published by Freight Books on 19th September 2011.

You’ll find Christopher’s website here, on Facebook here, and on [...]

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Author interview – Gordon Bonnet

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Gordon Bonnet is a writer, musician, science teacher, scuba diver and wine enthusiast who lives in upstate New York. Writing falls somewhere between a passion and a compulsion for him. Besides writing daily on one blog and at least twice a week on another, he has written and e-published eleven novels and a collection of short stories.

His twelfth novel, [...]

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Author interview – Karen Campbell

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Karen Campbell writes contemporary fiction and is a graduate of Glasgow University’s Creative Writing programme.

Before turning to writing, she was a police officer with Strathclyde Police. She has published four novels focusing on the people behind the uniform: THE TWILIGHT TIME, AFTER THE FIRE, SHADOWPLAY, and her latest book PROOF OF LIFE, released July 2011.

In 2009, Karen won [...]

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Author interview – Stuart Land

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Stuart Land is writer based in Thailand. His story ideas come from his vivid imagination, but his inspiration draws from extensive world travel and fascinating careers: from US military medic to hairstylist, then Washington D.C. Police officer to NYC photographer.

Later, he converted a chicken coop in the woods into a live-in studio and taught himself metal sculpture. That [...]

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Anthor interview – Rosemary Gemmell

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Rosemary Gemmell’s first novel, DANGEROUS DECEIT,  was published by Champagne Books in Canada in May 2011 (as Romy Gemmell). Her first tween novel, SUMMER OF THE EAGLES, set in Scotland, is being published by MuseItUp Publishing in Canada in March 2012.

Her short stories and articles are published in UK magazines, in the US, and online, and her children’s stories [...]

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Author interview – Ian Barker

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Ian barker has always dabbled in writing since leaving school. However, he spent almost 20 years working in IT before he discovered that writing about computers was easier than fixing them. He is now editor of PC Utilities magazine and lives and works in Greater Manchester, UK.

FALLEN STAR is his début novel.

You’ll find Ian on the web here, [...]

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Author interview – Nigel Bird

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Nigel Bird was the winner of the Watery Grave Invitational Competition in 2010 and his story BEAT ON THE BRAT was nominated for the Best Story Online category in this year’s Spinetingler Awards.

Author of BEAT ON THE BRAT (and other stories) and DIRTY OLD TOWN (and other stories), his work has appeared in a number of magazines and collections, [...]

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Author interview – Rodge Glass

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Rodge Glass is the author of the novels NO FIREWORKS (Faber, 2005) and HOPE FOR NEWBORNS (Faber, 2008), as well as ALASDAIR GRAY: A SECRETARY’S BIOGRAPHY (Bloomsbury, 2009), which received a Somerset Maugham Award in 2009.

Recently, he was also the Editor of THE YEAR OF OPEN DOORS (Cargo, 2010) and co-author of the graphic novel DOUGIE’S WAR: A SOLDIER’S [...]

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Author interview – Zoë Strachan

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Zoë Strachan is an award-winning novelist who also writes drama, libretti, short stories and essays. Her latest novel is EVER FALLEN IN LOVE, published by Sandstone Press.

She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

You’ll find Zoë on the web here, on Twitter here and on Amazon here.

How digitally aware are you generally?

I’m a complete Luddite, [...]

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Author interview – Doug Johnstone

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Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His latest novel, SMOKEHEADS, was published by Faber and Faber in March 2011. He has previously published two novels with Penguin, TOMBSTONING (2006) and THE OSSIANS (2008), which received praise from the likes of Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Christopher Brookmyre. His next novel, HIT AND RUN, is published [...]

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