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Nadine Matheson practices as a criminal defence lawyer, and has an MA from City University London in Creative Writing in Crime/Thriller novels. Her writing isn’t limited to crime and she has also put pen to paper in genres such as Domestic Fiction and Sci-Fi. Her debut, “The Sisters”, was written/published in 2015 and her latest novel, “The Jigsaw Man” - her debut into the crime/thriller genre - was published by Harper Collins’ HQ in February 2021. Nadine also runs a scheme for underrepresented writers working on a crime novel, whereby she offers hour-long mentoring sessions for UK residents. Nadine shares more on her work in this field during her interview, as well as shares how it came about. The Sisters: https://amzn.to/3x2bWFD The Jigsaw Man: https://amzn.to/3xSYjJ8

Colum Sanson-Regan is an Irish-born author and musician whose early career involved busking on the streets of Cork and Dublin. Not to mention his regular stint on Doctor Who, as David Tennant's double… Colum has been making music professionally since he was 19. His first solo album, GO, enjoyed a spot in the top five download charts, and songs from it have been featured in documentaries, compilations, and educational materials. He regularly performs on the gig-scene in Cardiff, Wales. He wrote his first novel, The Fly Guy, 6 years ago and at the end of last year, his short story collection, The Tall Owl: And Other Stories, was published. The Fly Guy is a twisted thriller which explores the creative process and questions how much control artists have over their creations, while The Tall Owl is a selection of 10 stories, spanning different times and places, examining the bonds which build, influence and sometimes constrain our lives.

Madeline Dewhurst has a PhD in Research and an MA in Creative Writing. She is an academic in English and Creative Writing at the Open University, and her writing includes fiction, journalism and drama. Her debut novel Charity, which has been longlisted for the Bath Novel Award and is published 26 April 2021 by Eye Lightning Books, tells a story set between the present day in London, where a young woman called Lauren is working as a live-in carer for Edith, and 1950’s, where Edith is the child of British settles during the Mau Mau Uprising in British occupied Kenya. Her second novel, The Master of Measham Hall, is hot on Charity’s trail, published by Duckworth Books on 15 July 2021. Also a work of historical fiction, The Master of Measham Hall is set in 1655, five years after the return of King Charles II from exile. The novel explores the social and religious divides at the heart of the Restoration Period. Podcast edited and produced by Matt Janke https://www.mattjanke.co.uk/

Fantasy author Andrea Stewart shares her daily routine, her creative process, and what goes into being the custodian of a family of magical fictional characters When fantasy author Andrea Stewart found out that the worlds she adored in her favourite books weren’t real, and after she had accepted that she couldn’t slay actual dragons, she put pen to paper to make sure her life would be forever intertwined with the fantastical. Her debut novel, The Bone Shard Daughter, published by Orbit Books, is the first book in the Drowning Empire fantasy trilogy. The others are in the works, which she shares during her Babble interview. When Andrea isn’t writing epic fantasy novels, editing drafts of them, or babbling with Megan Thomas about them, she can be found reading, writing short stories and illustrating her characters.