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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.
Category Archives: Recent links I’ve loved
Friday Five – literary links you might have missed
Five literary links in this week’s round up… I’ve seen this image of a woman burning a copy of DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover many times but didn’t realise that the picture was taken outside The Paperback Bookshop in Edinburgh, … Continue reading
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Tagged Eilis O'Hanlon, Lady Chatterley, literary Edinburgh, Mason Cross, plagiarism, publishing, writers' block
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Friday Five – fab things you might have missed…
I love travel and I love giraffes and I want to visit this hotel, Giraffe Manor in Kenya. It’s a Scottish hunting lodge-style house from the 1930s with its own herd of Rothschild giraffes roaming the grounds. Look at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Edinburgh, Elena Ferrante, Giraffe Manor, Joanna Cannon, Paris, Stockbridge
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Five on Friday – things you might have missed
I’ve seen some great blog posts and articles this week that I wanted to share… This essay by Miranda Sawyer in The Guardian reduced me to tears. Like her, my fortieth birthday was fine but the ones since have given … Continue reading
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Tagged Debo Mitford, Meg Rosoff, mid-life, Miranda Sawyer, Sotheby's, World War One, Young House Love
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It’s Friday – things you might have missed!
I’ve had so many tabs open on my browser this week so that I can point them out to you, so let’s get started… Give up or get better. So many writers are at the horrible stage of waiting for … Continue reading
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Tagged Amtrak, art, houseboats, sara sheridan, Sophie Hannah, writing
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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
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Tagged Anita Loos, crime fiction, Ian Rankin, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Sarah Hilary, strippers, Train travel, USA, Val McDermid
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