Reading CrimeFest (Part Three) - Psychological Fiction in Pictures & Snippets

This panel event consisted of authors Laurie R, King; Stephen Booth; Jane Hill; Roger J Ellory and Patrick Lennon as chair in the middle (replacing the advertised Sophie Hannah).

Laurie R King's latest novel is out now in the UK, from Allison and Busby, The Language of Bees.  Quote of the day from Laurie: her daughter calls her a 'recovering academic'.

Stephen Booth said that the Derbyshire Police love the fact that 'someone's writing books about them'.  So much so that when they added a helicopter to their assets they invited him to take a look.

Jane Hill ditched a successful career in radio to write and combines it with stand-up comedy.  She said that on starting to write she tried 'chicfic' but her editor commented 'You need to go darker', something her hairdresser had also said to her.  For novels go here and for comedy go here. 

In the background above, Roger Ellory is clearly delighting a young fan.  Roger is a symbol of the tenacity that leads to success in writers having written 22 books before number 23 was published.  He later went on to become a Richard & Judy Book Club pick with A Quiet Belief in Angels, a novel recently published in the USA by Overlook Press.  His latest, The Anniversary Man is out now in the UK.

For more coverage of Reading's Festival of Crime Writing visit the blog of a lovely lady I met there.  She also runs a site to support emerging female writers here.

Reading's Festival of Crime Writing was only in its second year last weekend, but the programme, organisation and friendliness had it up there with the veterans already.  One for the diary next year methinks.

Comments

[crimeficreader]

Thanks Dorte!

[Dorte H]

Why is it that when the police contact me, it is usually because they want to see my licence?

I really enjoyed this Sunday´s post, and thank you for the links to The Yellow Room!