London based author Jamie West - episode 1

2024-08-19

Jamie West is the West End's resident murder mystery author! He’s worked backstage on countless shows in London’s West End. His work covers a huge variety of shows including The Book of Mormon, Miss Saigon, Kinky Books, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton, to name just a few.A love for both theatre history and a good murder mystery is what has inspired his Bertie Carroll series, set in 1930s theatre-land. His first novel, Death on the Pier, was published in Oct...

Jamie West is the West End's resident murder mystery author!

He’s worked backstage on countless shows in London’s West End. His work covers a huge variety of shows including The Book of Mormon, Miss Saigon, Kinky Books, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton, to name just a few.
A love for both theatre history and a good murder mystery is what has inspired his Bertie Carroll series, set in 1930s theatre-land.

His first novel, Death on the Pier, was published in October 2022, going on to become an Amazon Best Seller and Chat Magazine's Book of the Month. Murder at the Matinee, the second in the series, is coming out 5th September 2024. He continues to split his time between writing and working in the theatre.

In this first episode, he chats with Jack Roney and Harry Colfer about how his experience working in London's theatre industry inspired his novels.

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