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Maureen

Crime of the century

About Me

I'm an author and journalist (ex BBC TV reporter/presenter). Nowadays, I write crime fiction full time: no change there then! My next book's out in June 2007. It's called Hard Time and is the fourth in the Bev Morriss police procedural series.

I also write magazine articles and interviews. When I'm not putting digits to keyboard, I love cycling, walking, reading and having lazy liquid dinners with friends.

My official website

My publisher's official website

The Crime Writers' Association official website

My Interests

  • Words. Right ones in the right order!
  • Writing
  • Reading
    • News
  • Current Afffairs
  • Cornwall
  • New York
    • Johnny Depp

    I'd like to meet:

    This man...

    ...and anyone/everyone interested in crime fiction!

    Music:

    In no particular order...

  • Supertramp
  • Bob Seger
  • John Martyn
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Flaming Lips
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Joan Armatrading
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Mahler
  • Simply Red
  • Eric Clapton
  • Ray Charles
  • Otis Redding
  • Annie Lennox
  • Van Morrison
  • Gershwin
  • Beach Boys
  • Bach
    • Cave In.

    Movies:

  • Interview with the Vampire
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Finding Neverland
  • Secret Window
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape?....can you see a theme here?
  • Apollo 13
  • Hook
  • The Lion King
  • Garden State
    • A Few Good Men.
    Plus millions more....

    Television:

  • University Challenge
  • Have I Got News For You
  • The Office
  • Bremner, Bird and Fortune
  • Little Britain
  • Newsnight
  • Question Time
    • Doctor Who

    Books:

  • Working Girls. Dead Old. Baby Love,Natch
  • Laura Lippman
  • John Connolly
  • Reginald Hill
  • Colin Dexter
  • Janet Evanovitch
  • PJ Tracy
  • Julia Wallis Martin
  • Henning Mankell
  • Morag Joss
  • Sarah Rayne
  • Ian Rankin
    • Val McDermid

    I could go on.... and on.... and on... And these are just some of the crime writers I like. There's a stack of others.