Thrillers

You can't have a good thriller without a nasty and formidable opponent for your hero. But it isn't enough to just write a character and call him "the bad guy." Just as it's important to create a well-rounded, three-dimensional hero, you must create a villain who is well-developed and not just your standard killer, robber, or kidnapper.  Read more

I'm coming from an unusual place as a debut thriller-writer, in that I've already written half a dozen books of non-fiction about different aspects of tech culture: video games, the history of digital ideas, philosophy of technology, political protest, online language.  Read more

British readers have become more gripped by crime and thriller novels, with sales up by 19% between 2015 and 2017, new figures suggest.

The rise has been fuelled by the growth of psychological thrillers and the success of big names like Lee Child, James Patterson and Dan Brown.  Read more

When I began writing All Is Not Forgotten, I had two objectives. The first was to deconstruct the incredibly popular Grip Lit genre so I could capture the elements that readers have come to love. And the second was to base the plot on the current, real world issue of memory science and trauma treatments in the context of a crime.  Read more