Thriller – Peter Robinson & Morag Joss, Guest Stuart MacBride

Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 3rd Sep - Sun 6th Sep, 2015
1:00pm - 12:00pm

Location
Moniack Mhor, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire , IV4 7HT

*Course Amendment Below*

What is a thriller, and what makes it thrilling? We’ll consider the very wide spectrum of the thriller genre and explore how the constituents of nearly all prose fiction – character, plot, description, dialogue – can be put to work in thriller writing to create the kind of pace, jeopardy, tension and suspense that keeps a reader turning the page.

Morag Joss’s first three novels are whodunnits but she now writes what some critics describe as ‘psychological suspense’ and others consider literary fiction. Awards and nominations include the CWA Silver Dagger and the USA Edgar Award. She is Writer in Residence at Reading University and is currently working on her ninth novel.
www.moragjoss.com

Peter Robinson has written over twenty books and won awards in many countries for his Inspector Banks series of detective novels. The Inspector Banks novels have been named a “Best Book of the Year” by Publishers Weekly, a “Notable Book” by the New York Times, and a “Page Turner of the Week” by People. Robinson was born and brought up in Yorkshire, and now divides his time between North America and the UK

Guest:

We regret that William McIlvanney is unable to attend as guest reader due to ill health.

Stuart MacBride is the award winning Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae and Ash Henderson novels. He was crowned World Stovies Champion in 2014 and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Dundee University in 2015. Stuart lives in the northeast of Scotland with his wife, Fiona, their cats, hens, horses, and a vast collection of assorted weeds.

Stuart MacBride’s photo by Mark Mainz

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