New York Times bestselling author, Fiona Barton, spoke to me about why so many famous journalists have turned to crime fiction, the power of the deadline, and her latest hit novel LOCAL GONE MISSING.
Fiona Barton is the award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of novels The Widow, The Child, and The Suspect – all three featuring journalist Kate Waters.
Her latest thriller, Local Gone Missing, follows a new protagonist in Detective Elise King and follows the brewing changes of a small seaside town.
Kirkus Reviews said of the book, “Barton presents such an embarrassment of riches … Layers and layers of unlovely revelations about people who seemed perfectly nice.” And BookPage wrote, “Thanks to Barton’s airtight plotting and impeccable characterization, a minibreak by the sea will never seem relaxing again."
In her past life, Fiona was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, a news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday. She has trained and worked with journalists all over the world.
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In this file, Fiona Barton and I discussed:
- What it was like to be a Chief Reporter in the UK during the 90s and Noughties
- Why crime reporters don’t have time to write fiction
- How she made the transition to bestselling novelist
- Why journalism is so akin to crime fiction
- The definition of a “duvet writer”
- How to beat procrastination
- And a lot more!
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