Snowdonia is one of Britain's most popular National Parks, beloved for it's ruggedly beautiful mountains and forests, and provides the inspired location for Simon McCleave's crime novels. His DI Ruth Hunter series only launched in January 2020, but Simon has already sold 800,000 books. Drawing on the skills he sharpened as a script editor on some of the UK's most popular TV shows, Simon writes quickly and cleanly, publishing a staggering 13 novels in the past 18 months alone. It's an astonishing achievement - and he shares some of the secrets of success with The Hobcast Book Show. Adrian and Rebecca also discuss huge developments at one of their fellow UK Crime publishers, Bloodhound Books, and they reveal the winner of their '#notatharrogate competition.
Episode 42: Mastering historical crime fiction - with Abir Mukherjee
Episode 41 - Feeling the chills with Judi Daykin
Episode 40 - The Big Questions - with Olly Jarvis
Episode 39: The power of publicity - with Angela McMahon
Episode 38: Sunshine from Leith - with Harry Fisher
Episode 37: The real CSI - from SOCO to crime author with Kate Bendelow
Episode 36: Bloody Scotland and Killer Bees - with guest, Tina Baker
Episode 35: The science of crime fiction - with Brian Price
Episode 34: Mastering ads for authors - with Matthew J Holmes
Episode 33: From Rom Com writer to suspense author with Sue Shepherd
Episode 32: The road to full-time indie author - with J M Dalgleish
Episode 31: Supporting authors through Facebook - with Donna Morfett
Episode 30: Living the author dream - with Lesley McEvoy
Episode 28: Harrogate Festival special - featuring Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham and S J Parris
Episode 27: The secrets of a series - with Leigh Russell
Episode 26: Bloody Scotland - ten years of criminally fine fiction - with Bob McDevitt
Episode 25: From family sagas to crime. Switching genres with Terri Nixon
Episode 24: The future of publishing - with Jenny Parrott (part 2)
Episode 23: Second time around - with Alison Morgan
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