Category: Author event 2019

Author event 2019

CHARLIE GALLAGHER

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I have been a serving UK police officer for twelve years. During that time I have had many roles, starting as a frontline response officer, then a member of a specialist tactical team and also as a detective investigating the more serious offences.

My books are a series of thrillers and, rather unsurprisingly, policing is central to the stories.

The central themes are greed, ambition, corruption and addiction. Characters from both sides of the law will fall foul to their respective temptations.

I am inspired by what I do and see in my day-job as a police officer, though my books are entirely fictional. I am aware that the police officers in my books are not always shown positively. They are human and they make mistakes. This can be the case in real life too, but the vast majority of officers are honest and do a job in trying circumstances. From what I see on a daily basis, the men and women who wear the uniform and among the very finest, and I am proud to be part of one of the best police forces in the world.

The books are set in and around the fictional town of Langthorne. This is an area that is typical perhaps of many seaside resorts on England’s south coast: beautiful scenery, raw and rugged terrain and a dark underbelly.

Maddie Ives Books:
Book 1 – He Is Watching You
Book 2 – He Will Kill You
Book 3 – He Will Find You
Book 4 – He Knows Your Secrets

The books of the Langthorne Series:
Book 1 – Bodily Harm
Book 2 – Panic Button
Book 3 – Blood Money
Book 4 – End Game
Book 5 – Missing
Book 6 – Then She Ran
Book 7 – Her Last Breath

The box set containing books 1-3 of the Langthorne series is currently available at just 3.99p (as a digital download).

Standalone books:
Ruthless

As you can see from the photos Charlie is very basic in his promotional material but he must be doing something right as he sold ALL his books at this event. Like all authors Charlie will help and advise wherever he can.

 

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KATE ABLEY

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I am Kate Abley and was accidentally born and intentionally live in London, England, where, amongst other things I have been an awful front woman in a terrible psychobilly band, good dish-washer, bad shop assistant, officially outstanding Early Years teacher, adequate child consultant, nice charitable fund-giver, passable event organiser and failed political activist. Last century, I wrote the useful non-fiction book, ‘Swings and Roundabouts: The Dangers of Outdoor Play Safety’ (1999), Sheffield Hallam Press. Nowadays, I am a respectable and happily married woman with two children who have grown-up pretty well and have turned my hand to killing plants and writing stories. I have nothing against cats, fear all dogs great and small and quite like Marmite.

Kate’s book is available here.

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JOHN M. TAYLOR

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John describes himself as “being dragged up in Littleport” so is a Fen boy. He claims his greatest attribute at school was his ability to daydream exciting adventures. His philosphy on life, “we only get one shot at it, grab it with both hands and go for it!”

After a commercial career that took him around the world to live in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea he has returned to the UK. His writing career began with technical and training manuals, later finding greater satisfaction in more creative writing. In Australia he was a regular contributor to radio and wrote a weekly newspaper column. His first book, “Raising Fen Tigers,” is a tongue in cheek look at growing up in a Fenland village. (Littleport). “I Will Find You” is his first novel. He now lives in Kent with his wife, Elisabeth, of 45 years. He had three children but sadly lost one son to whom this book is dedicated.

He would enjoy chatting to any reader or old friends.

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You can buy his book here at Amazon.

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CAROL CREASEY

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Carol Maureen Creasey was born in Kent on 8th April 1944, and has lived most of her life there. She was educated at Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, where she attained O level GCE in French and Latin. She returned to evening classes at the age of 40, and passed GCSE grade B in 5 more subjects, and then passed A level English Literature. It was during those classes she discovered how much she enjoyed writing. She owned and ran her own shop as well as bringing up 4 children, and now also has 4 grand daughters and 1 great grand daughter, and a great grand son.

Her first book entitled MY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING! published in 1993 was inspired by her son, who was born with autism and multiple handicaps, but also a very strong will to live. At this time she spent her time trying to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by families of disabled children by contacting secondary schools, and through this was invited to speak at some of their morning assemblies.

She has continued to write articles about a variety of subjects since then, publishing them on internet writing sites.

Her second book with United Writers was published in 2006, which is about hypocrisy and tangled love affairs, and the grief that this can cause. It is entitled. Not Just an Affair.

Then came EVIL WOMAN, which was published on 24th May 2013, she tried to create a woman so evil that it leaves the reader feeling disturbed, and wondering what she will do next. The evil woman uses anything and everyone that she can to get what she wants in life, leaving a trail of destruction behind her. The sequel, entitled EVIL WOMAN …takes REVENGE was published in in June 2015.

Her next work was set in the 1960’s entitled The Power of Love. It is about a mother’s love for her autistic son at a time when very little was known about the condition, and her feelings for the boy’s father. her latest work,, One Moment of Madness was published in April 2018, and has already been nominated for a READER’S CHOICE AWARD. It came 3rd, and now EVIL WOMAN has been nominated in the thriller section for 2019.

On 22nd February 2019 MY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING! was published again in paperback and made available on kindle, as all copies of the original hardback book had been sold.

Apart from writing, Carol enjoys long walks with her dog along her local beaches, swimming, and playing badminton. She also enjoys watching Formula One racing, being a fan of Lewis Hamilton.

She enjoys listening to most music, especially by Gareth Gates, who has also inspired her by his own example with the work he has done to help people who stammer.

You can get all Carols books from Amazon here.

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CLAIRE BURGESS

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Not only is Claire a children’s author but also a very good gardener with a youtube channel. Wife of Mark Stay the Sci-fi author so expect many great things from this mighty duo.

Claire has been gardening since she was a child and is now one of the UK’s top gardening bloggers – her Youtube channel has had over 4 million views with over 15,000 regular subscribers. She has worked with various children’s groups, including gardening clubs and the Matrix theatre company, and she also runs special Lottie and Dottie workshops for younger children.

Read Claire’s blog at clairesallotment.com, like her on Facebook, and watch her Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/clairesallotment.

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MARK STAY

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Mark writes Sci-fi adventure, the newest release is The End of Magic 2019 which is available on Amazon here.

Mark co-wrote the movie ROBOT OVERLORDS with director Jon Wright, which was selected for the 58th BFI London Film Festival, he also wrote the film’s novelisation which was published by Gollancz to critical acclaim. Mark is also co-presenter of The Bestseller Experiment podcast, where he and Mark Desvaux challenged themselves to write a Kindle bestseller in 12 months. Their novel, BACK TO REALITY, was an international bestseller in 10 categories. Born in London, he now lives in Kent (it’s the law, apparently) with writer and Youtube gardener Claire Burgess, their kids, several chickens and a murderous fish.

2020 launches his next BEST SELLER EXPERIMENT which consists of writing 200 words a day throughtout 2020.

https://bestsellerexperiment.com/bxp2020/

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THE BUILD-UP & THE THANKS

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During the build-up to the author event last week I took two authors into Academy FM to have a chat with Kay.

Kate Abley has written her first book called Changing the subject, which she very kindly gave me a copy of so it is on my list to read. Then from Ashford, we have Drew Wagar who is on his ninth book! You can read more about each author under the event tab.

Very good show so I will be putting up on here later in the week, I was the only one that messed up as usual.

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I loved the signs that Rosie did from The Chambers and they certainly pulled in the crowds.

I will be doing a post about each author that attended the event over the next month if it makes you wish you had been there then make sure you put it in your diaries for next year. I had no thoughts about doing this again but I have been asked by everybody who came also Chris and Liz from The Chambers. It was an excellent venue with more authors popping up around each corner downstairs. So it looks like I will be hosting another ‘Meet the author’ event in 2020!

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I had many thank you’s and I would like to share a selection with you, as without the authors I could not have accomplished this. At least next year I know all what to do and what worked well, maybe I will practise the poster making on Canva a bit more! lol

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Thank you to everyone who came to the event, see you next year.