It's where it's at! It's the big one. The one hundredth episode! And what better way to celebrate than with one of the greatest novelists of our time. The queen of crime herself, Val McDermid! We talk about how to reach readers in different ways, being in the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, hearing voices, and Imagine a Country. Also, Val plays along with Am I the Asshole... Credits: Produced by Twenty Inches of Monkey Productions Music by Stuart Neville

Episode One Hundred - How Did We Get This Far? - with Val McDermid

Two crime writers - Steve Cavanagh and Luca Veste - discuss publishing news, hear reviews from bloggers, and speak to the biggest names in the book world.

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Stuart Neville joins Luca Veste to talk about his life and career to date, as we try to answer the question "How did you get here?" Stuart talks about his early days growing up in a small town in Northern Ireland, becoming passionate about storytelling at a young age, and how music became an important part of his life. His jobs before writing, before talking about his career so far - the ups and the downs, in what is an emotionally revealing discussion about the good and bad about publishing. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode! www.stuartneville.com @stuartneville on Twitter @twocrimewriters on Twitter @lucaveste on Twitter

Season One - Episode Five - In Conversation with Stuart Neville

Doug Johnstone joins Luca Veste to talk about his life and career to date, as we try to answer the question "How did you get here?" Doug talks about his early days growing up in a small town, going to university to study physics, being a member of various bands, before becoming a journalist. How his love of writing started and how he became a writer... Subscribe now so you never miss an episode! www.dougjohnstone.com @doug_johnstone on Twitter @twocrimewriters on Twitter @lucaveste on Twitter

Season One - Episode Four - In Conversation with Doug Johnstone

SJI (Susi) Holliday joins Luca Veste to talk about her life and career to date, as we try to answer the question "How did you get here?" Susi talks about her early days in a small town outside of Edinburgh, her life as the daughter of a newsagent, reading novels taken from the shelves of that shop, and going to university. Studying science, rather than English, moving to Dublin and then London, before finding her calling as a writer of some of the most effective and dark psychological thrillers around. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode! www.susiholliday.com @sjiholliday on Twitter @twocrimewriters on Twitter @lucaveste on Twitter

Season One - Episode Three - In Conversation with SJI (Susi) Holliday

CL (Cally) Taylor joins Luca Veste to talk about her life and career to date, as we try to answer the question "How did you get here?" Cally talks about her early days moving around the country, her life in boarding school, university in Newcastle and moving to London and Brighton. Her early jobs, before moving forwards in her journey to be one of the UK's finest psychological thriller writers. Also, what is a Pink Thong award... Subscribe now so you never miss an episode! www.cltaylorauthor.com @callytaylor on Twitter @twocrimewriters on Twitter @lucaveste on Twitter

Season One - Episode Two - In Conversation with CL Taylor

Mark Billingham joins Luca Veste to talk about his life and career to date, as we try to answer the question "How did you get here?" Mark talks about his early days in Birmingham, moving to London to be an actor, his TV writing career, and his journey to being one of the finest authors of British crime fiction today. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode! www.markbillingham.com @markbillingham on Twitter @twocrimewriters on Twitter @lucaveste on Twitter

Episode One Hundred - How Did We Get This Far? - with Val McDermid

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