User:Zuta/James McCreet
James McCreet | |
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 Pictured in Harrogate, 2009 | |
| Born | 22 December 1971 Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist, Copywriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | Victorian |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
James McCreet (born 22 December 1971) is a British writer, the author of a series of Victorian detective thrillers set in 1840s London. His works are known for their fast-paced, historically accurate and complex plotlines featuring the same core characters.
Biography
[edit]James McCreet was born in Sheffield. He studied English and American Literature at the University of East Anglia. He also completed a Masters degree at the University of Sussex. He has worked as a teacher, a bookseller, an editor, a copywriter, a journalist and a holiday rep. He is married and lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire.[1]
Works
[edit]McCreet's debut novel for Macmillan New Writing imprint was The Incendiary’s Trail, published in June 2009.
McCreet’s second book was The Vice Society (2010), a new story featuring the same characters and London setting as the first book. In May 2011, the third part of the series, The Thieves’ Labyrinth, was released.[1] Part four, The Masked Adversary, was published in 2013 and is the most recent of the Newsome/Williamson novels.
Before you write your novel (2016) is McCreet’s non-fiction guide to writing a novel. The book is an expanded and updated version of the previously published title Before You Write a Word. [1]
Influences
[edit]Though he has been compared to Charles Dickens in tone and subject,[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c James McCreet. James McCreet. Retrieved on 10 August 2011.
- ^ Laura Wilson | guardian.co.uk. Guardian. Retrieved on 10 August 2011.
External links
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- Official James McCreet website
- A Very Delicate Matter - An Unofficial Sherlock Holmes story exclusive to Shotsmag Ezine. December 2011
- The Case of the Well Dessed Female. James McCreet wonders why women make up the majority of crime fiction readers. In Shotsmag Ezine July 2011
- Shotsmag Ezine Interview 2011
- The Guardian review
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