Episode 44 - How To Write Crime Mystery Fiction - Guest Interview Tom Mead

Tom Mead is a Midlands-based author. He has previously written for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (amongst various others). 

He is a great admirer of golden age authors of the locked-room mystery subgenre (John Dickson Carr, Clayton Rawson, Helen McCloy) and has written many stories in tribute to these masters. 

His story Heatwave was included in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (edited by Lee Child) and his debut novel Death and the Conjuror is coming soon from Mysterious Press.

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Peter and Laura ask Tom

• Can you tell us about your writing journey?
• Tom, you are a great admirer of the golden age authors of the locked-room mystery subgenre. Please tell us more about this subgenre?
• Congratulations - your story Heatwave was included in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (edited by Lee Child) in auspicious crime writing company - how did you get your story reviewed?
• What advice would you give to someone who wanted to write in the mystery genre?
• How important is it to understand and use the tropes of the subgenre you are writing in? Can you tell us about some of these tropes?
• You are an active member of the UK Crime Writers’ Association, can you tell us more about this? How do the CWA help authors? 
• Your debut novel, Death and the Conjuror, is coming soon from Mysterious Press, what's it about?
•  What was your path to publication like? Do you have advice for other writers? When will our listeners be able to get a copy of your book? 

 Tom Mentions - 

• • The Crime Writers Association
  • The Society of Authors
  • The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr
  • Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
  • On Writing by Stephen King

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