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WelcomeTo tell you the truth, I never thought that I'd ever have a website of my own. It's too technical. In fact, as someone who can cause a toaster to malfunction just by looking at it, I thought that even owning a computer would be an expensive catastrophe.
But in January, 2006, in the 21st century, l gave in and joined the 20th with my first computer. Yes, until then I wrote everything longhand. Here's a page from GIMME MORE. ![]() How 19th Century is that?
But there was one big advantage to working with paper and pencil: when stuck for words I could always draw. Sometimes drawing clears my mind; sometimes it helps me think; sometimes it stops me thinking in spirals. Drawing, like a cup of tea, can be a remedy for many ills. It can also be a waste of time. ![]() I did this drawing on the page next to the text that is circled above. ![]() Now, as you can see, I have the sort of technology that allows me to continue writing by hand. It cuts out the typing stage in the life of a manuscript, but unfortunately it won't let me draw any more.
![]() At work in July 08. |
Selected WorksLatest Novel
GIMME MORE
All Birdie Walker wants is some justice for her husband, Jack. But since Jack was a rock star and the justice has to come from the music business, Birdie absolutely has to take some extreme measures.Click on the title for more information. Short stories
LUCKY DIP and Other Stories
All my short stories up to 2003 are in this collection. It includes two written specially. Click on the title for a bit about how I came to write short stories and more information. The Anna Lee series
DUPE, BAD COMPANY, STALKER, HEAD CASE, UNDER CONTRACT, BACKHAND
I wrote six novels about Anna Lee. Click on the titles for more information. The Eva Wylie series
BUCKET NUT, MONKEY WRENCH, MUSCLEBOUND
Professional wrestler Eva Wylie appeared in three novels in the '90s. Click on the titles for more information. The other stand-alone novel...
RIFT
This novel is set in the Ethiopia of the 1970s. Click on the title for more information. The story collections I co-edited for Britain's Crime Writers' Association.
1st CULPRIT, 2nd CULPRIT, 3rd CULPRIT
In the early '90s I helped edit these three books - aiming them to be more annuals than anthologies. They include many things we're proud to have published. Click on the titles for more information. |