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Interviews Writing

INTERVIEW: Why weddings can be murder for Val McDermid

24th July 201724th March 2021 Danuta Kean crime, crime fiction, crime writing, Val McDermid

Reading Time: 8 minutes Where does Wire in the Blood creator Val McDermid get her ideas? Danuta Kean investigates.

Interviews Self-Publishing Writing

The Accidental Author: How Kerry Wilkinson conquered the Kindle charts

24th October 201621st September 2020 Jon Reed #ptmag, case studies, crime fiction, Self-Publishing

Reading Time: 7 minutes Kerry Wilkinson is something of an accidental author. His debut, Locked In, was written as a challenge to himself but, after self-publishing, it became a UK number one bestseller within three months of release. Then he signed a six-book deal with Pan Macmillan. Jon Reed asks him how he did it.