In Great Losing Company
On Thursday night last week, The Shining Girls did not win the Gold Dagger for Best Thriller in the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards. That honour was taken by Mick Herron, for […]
Unathi Battles The Black Hairballs in Finnish
My demented story of killer hairballs and art monsters, Unathi Battles The Black Hairballs came out in Finnish translation in kick-ass SF/comics/pulp magazine Tahtivaeltaja with the most incredible illustrations by Olli Hihnala, that […]
Book of the Year – Exclusive Books’ Readers’ Choice Award
The Shining Girls is Book of The Year in Exclus1ve Books’ Readers’ Choice award. Thanks to all the wonderful choosy readers! It was up against nine other titles, selected as Book of […]
All The Pretty Corpses: On Violence
I wrote an essay over at The Richard & Judy Bookclub, about the treatment of violence in The Shining Girls, the personal story that partly inspired the book, why violence in […]
Cosmo Book Club On The Shining Girls
I’m thrilled that The Shining Girls is the kick-off title for Cosmopolitan Magazine UK’s new Book Club. Interestingly, Cosmopolitan’s Lorna Gray told me that get the most hits when they post about […]