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My Year of Thrillers

July 31, 2014January 13, 2016 | Sanjida Kay

category_star80MY YEAR OF THRILLERS – The expression on his face was more confusing to Tom than if he had focused a gun on him. The face was friendly, smiling and hopeful.

Thriller cover 4The Talented My Ripley – Patricia Highsmith

I’m writing a psychological thriller at the moment and, to get to grips with a genre quite different from my own (literary, historical), I’ve spent the last two years reading thrillers.

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Author of psychological thrillers, ‘One Year Later’, 'My Mother's Secret', 'The Stolen Child' & award-winning 'Bone by Bone', pub by @AtlanticBooks.

Funny expression I make when I’m staring out of Funny expression I make when I’m staring out of the window lost in thought! What do you do when you’re searching for inspiration? 

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I absolutely loved this book - The Innocent Wife b I absolutely loved this book - The Innocent Wife by @amylloydwrites. Bristol-based Samantha starts writing to a prisoner on Death Row. She falls in love with him through his letters, and she’s convinced he’s innocent. They marry and he’s exonerated and released. But is Dennis guilty? He’s certainly a little scary… I loved the description of the claustrophobic, sweltering swamp town where Dennis grew up and where the newly weds move …and it’s such a tense book, I couldn’t put it down!

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Great chat with @alcs_uk for their Author Matters Great chat with @alcs_uk for their Author Matters podcast - out 29 Jan. We were talking about the Royal Literary Fund’s generous grants available to writers in need. I’m slightly in denial about being in #lockdown in rainy Somerset!

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Thought we might all need something to cheer us up Thought we might all need something to cheer us up... I found this quote in a wonderful book called 365 Days of Wonder by R.J. Palacio, author of the brilliant, Wonder. I'd highly recommend it, and the accompanying book of quotes.

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