Can’t wait till July to hear from your favourite authors?
Check out our exclusive interviews:
Laura Wilson talks about taking on the festival helm as programming chair – the highs, the lows, and how ‘hefty dollops of gallows humour, a loving partner, a nice dog, and a few glasses of wine at the end of the day’ are always a good cure.
Ahead of the 2009 Festival, Special Guest and all-round Mr Nice Guy, Mark Billingham talks about writing outside his comfort zone, festival fun, and why Harrogate has gone from strength to strength.
Top Thriller writer Simon Kernick is appearing on the Men in Crisis panel this July – we ask, is he a man in crisis? Find out here.
She’s one of the biggest female crime authors ever. Val McDermid has been with the festival since it was an evil twinkle in our eye. Val reveals why she returns year on year, and why even she can feel in awe in the presence of fellow writers at Europe’s most prestigious crime writing festival.
We need to talk about Kevin… Kevin Wignall that is. The mysterious crime author regularly hangs out at the festival and is friends with the stars, yet he’ll never appear on a panel…check out why in our exclusive Q&A.
Interviews by Ann Chadwick
