‘I will defeat Richard Osman!’: Holly Jackson on being Britain’s top selling female crime author

The YA novelist talks about her early love of Tomb Raider, true crime and fangirling the cast of the BBC adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to MurderA few minutes into our conversation, bestselling author Holly Jackson is convinced she’s spotted the American singer Nick Jonas. It would be surprising, since we’re having coffee in Wimbledon. “It’s not,” she realises, “it’s just a lookalike.” Turning back to me, she says she has “gone off the Jonas Brothers, anyway” since Joe, formerly her favourite member, split from Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner.The 32-year-old author is clearly more used to being the fangirl than the fangirled – despite the fact that her young adult series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, has sold millions of copies worldwide, and is currently being made into a BBC TV series. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-03-30 11:00:08 UTC ]

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5 Tips for Writing a Fast-Paced Psychological Thriller

International bestselling author Douglas Corleone reveals his top five tips for writing fast-paced psychological thrillers readers love. The post 5 Tips for Writing a Fast-Paced Psychological Thriller appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

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9 Weird Ways to Unstick Your Writing

Bestselling author Lisa Rogak shares nine weird ways to unstick your writing in even when you feel stuck in a rut. The post 9 Weird Ways to Unstick Your Writing appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

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How ‘Sucker Punch’ by Scaachi Koul Got Made

An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest collection of essays Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bestselling author and former Times writer Dennis McDougal dies at 77

Dennis McDougal, a former L.A. Times reporter and bestselling author of over a dozen books, including a biography of Otis Chandler, dies after car accident. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Inside ‘The Unusual Suspects’: A Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris

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Setting the Gothic Scene in the South

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9 Captivating Books Set in Remote Places

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Jane Austen Is Natalie Jenner’s Lodestar

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The Wild Life of Lydia Millet

In life and in fiction, the bestselling author embraces the unknown, the beastly, and the unlikable. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Stephen Graham Jones Knows Good Stories Don’t Happen in Heaven

When it came to writing his first vampire novel, the bestselling author knew he’d have to do things his own way, reimagining the fabled bloodsucker as an Indigenous vigilante. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Charlamagne Tha God Keeps Hitting the Books

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Neil Gaiman Sued by Former Nanny for Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Aria Aber Is Reading Now, and Next

“Those people. My whole existence, neatly packed into one demonstrative adjective,” says Nila, the protagonist of Aria Aber’s pulsing debut novel Good Girl. Nila was born in Berlin, “inside its ghetto-heart, as a small, wide-eyed rat, in the months after reunification.” As these quotations show,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Aria Aber’s exciting debut novel finds the daughter of an Afghan refugee sidestepping disapproval and racism as she dives into Berlin’s nightworld. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Scrappy, adaptive, inventive: A fireside chat with GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons

GoDaddy founder, Vietnam War Marine veteran and New York Times bestselling author Bob Parsons joined Arizona State University President Michael Crow for a fireside chat at ASU’s MIX Center in Mesa on Dec. 17. Sponsored by the Pat Tillman Veterans Center, in collaboration with the ASU... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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