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Damien Seaman interviewed by Len Wanner
How would you describe yourself in a sentence? Damien Seaman is a brilliant writer of historical crime fiction. How would your best friend describe you in a sentence? Damien Seaman is up his own arse,...
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Peter May interviewed by Len Wanner
What is the Prix Intramuros and what did winning it mean to you? The Prix Intramuros is an annual award given at the crime-writing festival in Cognac in France. A committee arrives at a shortlist of 6...
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Paul Johnston interviewed by Len Wanner
How would you describe yourself in one sentence? A sardonic pseudo-intellectual with a crippling inability to suffer fools and interests in music, film, literature and hoopoes. How would your best...
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Jason Starr interviewed by Len Wanner
How would you describe yourself in a sentence? A good guy. How would your best friend describe you in a sentence? A funny guy. If God exists, what will be your first words at the pearly gates? You’ve...
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Barbara Fister interviewed by Len Wanner
For whom do you write? Hmmm. I guess every effective writer has an audience in mind, and in that sense, I write for people who read crime fiction and have certain expectations about what they’re likely...
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Gregg Hurwitz interviewed by Len Wanner
What brought you to crime fiction and what are your thoughts on the distinction between commercial and literary fiction? I am, at heart, a story guy and a structure slut. I studied Shakespeare,...
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Sean Chercover interviewed by Len Wanner
Why do you think your work is both critically and commercially successful?Is the deeper structure something you feel broadens the appeal of your work, or is it what you started writing crime fiction...
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James Grady interviewed by Len Wanner
You’ve found a voice to express the frustrated aspirations and heroic fantasies of your generation. Was that your reason to start writing? Insightful question. All authors are products of their times...
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Ian Rankin interviewed by Len Wanner
‘Tartan Noir’ – was that your idea? Ha! ‘Tartan Noir’ is a term I’m confident I invented, but I gave it to James Ellroy. I met him at a crime fiction convention in Nottingham many years ago and I...
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Louise Welsh interviewed by Len Wanner
Seeing as your novels are enjoyed by readers who wouldn’t usually share a taste in literature, can you say what brought you to crime fiction? Yeah, it’s an interesting one, isn’t it? I never really...
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