Crime expert Barry Forshaw will
be chairing a fascinating panel event with crime authors Stuart Neville, Arne
Dahl and Antti Tuomainen at Waterstones Piccadilly on 1 May 2013. It will include a discussion on The Blinded Man: The First Intercrime
Thriller.
Stuart Neville is the
best-selling author whose debut The Twelve was published to
critical acclaim in 2009 and went on to win the LA Times Book Prize in its
category. Collusion and Stolen Souls have followed closely
in its tracks, each garnering increasingly widespread praise. Harvill Secker have recently published Ratlines, an exciting standalone
thriller following the trail of Nazis in Ireland in the wake of World War II.
Arne Dahl is the pen name of Jan
Arnald is a Swedish novelist and literary critic, who uses the name Arne Dahl
when writing crime fiction. He is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper
Dagens Nyheter. The Blind Man based
on his book is a Swedish crime thriller series about an elite team of
detectives currently being shown on BBC4.
Antti Tuomainen is the award-winning
author of The Healer (Parantaja) which won the Clue Award for
Best Finnish Crime Novel 2011. It was
also shortlisted for the Glass Key Best Scandinavian Crime Novel 2012.
Barry Forshaw is an expert on
Scandinavian crime fiction. His novels Death
in a Cold Climate: A Guide to
Scandinavian Crime Fiction and Nordic
Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to
Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film & TV have recently been
published. He is also the editor of The
Rough Guide to Crime Fiction and British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia.
Time 6:30pm
£5/£3 Waterstones Cardholders
Official link for further information about the event.
1 comment:
"His novels Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction and Nordic Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film & TV have recently been published."
These aren't novels, they're nonfiction.
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