Meet the Author is your chance to hear from some of the biggest names in writing. Learn more about your favourite authors and sneak peeks at upcoming projects. Every week we feature a top author!
Award-winning fiction novelist and former editor Clare Chambers talks to us about her latest novel 'Shy Creatures' and what it was like working alongside Diana Athill at the publisher André Deutsch.
Historical fiction and short story author Katie Lumsden talks to us about her latest novel 'The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst' and how her love of 19th Century literature began.
Romance novelist Emily Houghton talks to us about her latest novel 'Take a Chance On Me' and reminisces about her annual summer holidays spent on the Suffolk coast as a child.
Award-winning crime author and playwright Trevor Wood talks to us about his latest thriller 'The Silent Killer' and the time Lee Child was a visiting writer during his Creative Writing MA.
Internationally bestselling thriller novelist Shari Lapena talks to us about her latest book 'What Have You Done?' and shares how her journey into writing thrillers began.
New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife writing duo Ellery Lloyd talk to us about their latest novel 'The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby' and the journey to finding a combined 'voice' for their pseudonym author.
Historical fiction author Annie Garthwaite talks to us about her latest novel 'The King's Mother' and how Cecily Neville, the main character in her books, had connections with Clare in Suffolk.
New York Times bestselling author Helen Simonson talks to us about her latest novel 'The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club' and what drew her to write about 1919 and the immediate post war period.
Journalist and author Robert Hutton talks to us about his latest book 'The Illusionist' and how his first spy book shone a light on MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter Eric Roberts.
British Museum curator Richard Abdy talks to us about his latest publication 'Legion: Life in the Roman Army' and shares some good starting points for anyone interested in learning about Roman history.
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke talks to us about his latest Robicheaux thriller 'Clete' and tells us where the idea of writing the Dave Robicheaux series first came to him.
Psychological thriller novelist Jacqueline Sutherland talks to us about her latest novel 'Twin Truths' which is set in Southwold, and what to expect at her upcoming appearance at this year's Slaughter in Southwold crime fiction festival.
Criminal lawyer and award-winning author Anne Corlett talks to us about her latest book 'The Theatre of Glass and Shadows' and discusses why the legal profession has produced so many distinguished authors.
Award-winning stand-up comedian and author Benjamin Stevenson talks to us about his latest mystery 'Everyone on This Train is a Suspect' and shares his secret love of horror movies.
Author and freelance TV executive Samuel Burr talks to us about his debut novel 'The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers' and gives us a personalised crossword puzzle based on the letters in Suffolk Libraries.
Historical fiction author Vicki Beeby talks to us about her latest wartime romance A Wedding for the Bomber Girls and the time she was licensed to drive HGVs in Botswana.
