World's First Crime Writing MA Launched

Posted on | Saturday, January 28, 2012 | No Comments

According to The Guardian, London's City University has launched the first crime writing MA due to popular student demand. Authors are currently being approached [to be tutors], with the novelists Martyn Waites and Barry Forshaw already signed up, says the newspaper.

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10 Interesting Facts About Stieg Larsson

Posted on | Thursday, January 26, 2012 | No Comments

Did you know that Stieg Larsson's original name was Stig and that he had little formal education? How about that he started out as a graphic artist? SecondAct has these facts and more in a hugely entertaining and informative article on the late author. Check it out here.

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The Star interviews Mo Hayder

Posted on | Sunday, August 7, 2011 | No Comments

Today's edition of The Star features an interview with British crime novelist Mo Hayder, writer of "Birdman" and the hugely successful "Walking Man" series. Here's an excerpt:

BRITISH thriller writer Mo Hayder says her gruesome and gory tales help her deal with the darkness in her own mind.
“I don’t know what other writers are like, but I’m very unsettled in my head,” the 50-year-old says over the telephone from her home in the west of England. “My books are a way of metabolising my fears.”


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The Greats On Writing and Life

Posted on | Thursday, July 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

While I'm contemplating digging into the durian sitting in the fridge, I thought to look up some of my favourite authors. Turns out they have plenty to say about life and the writing craft. Here are some of the more clever things they've said in the past:
“Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character. If you want to tell the reader a lot about a character in a small space, just tell them what their musical taste is. You'll get their age, their background, whether they're gregarious or a loner.” -Ian Rankin
“If from infancy you treat children as gods they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.”
P.D. JAMES, The Children of Men
“What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.”- P.D. James
“You can't get DNA results in 53 minutes.” Kathy Reichs
"A society gets the criminals it deserves." Val McDermid, Killing The Shadows.

“While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.” Ruth Rendell
“It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.” Patricia Cornwell
"There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there." Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict.

"You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." Michael Connelly.

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