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Hi, I’m Vanessa and welcome to my site.
In 2015, I won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect event and my first novel, Death Will Find Me, was published in February, 2019. The second Tessa Kilpatrick book will be out early next year and in the meantime, I’ll soon be launching a series of art crime thrillers.
You can find out more about me and what I’m up to by following the links at the top, and there are contact details below if you want to ask me any questions or invite me to talk at your bookshop, library or festival.
Author Archives: vanessa
Shelf notes: If You Go Away by Adele Parks*
“Daring debutante Vivian Foster has London society at her feet – all she needs is a proposal to complete her triumphant season. A moment’s indiscretion causes her world to crumble, just as the country around her erupts into a devastating … Continue reading
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Tagged Adele Parks, fiction, review
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Author Interview – Joanna Cannon
Joanna Cannon and I have been online friends for years now. I remember when she started blogging about her work as a doctor in a hospital psychiatric department – warm, insightful, clever and observant. I love the way she uses … Continue reading
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Tagged author interview, fiction, Joanna Cannon, Seth, writing
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Typing, typing, typing…
This week I had planned some lovely blog posts but they’re not going to happen I’m afraid. Next week should be marvellous though – I have an interview with the marvellous Joanna Cannon, a post about blogging (it’s a decade … Continue reading
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Tagged agents, deadlines, writers' groups, writing
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Sunday words: “You own everything that happened to you…”
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Tagged Anne Lamott
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It’s Friday! Things you might have missed…
You know how this works – here are some of my favourite things from this week to give you something to read with your coffee… Crime to the left of me, thrillers to the right…. Val McDermid on why crime … Continue reading
Posted in Recent links I've loved
Tagged Anita Loos, crime fiction, Ian Rankin, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Sarah Hilary, strippers, Train travel, USA, Val McDermid
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