‘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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