Author Birthday – 31 October – Nick Stone
Happy Birthday, Nick Stone, born on 31 October 1966.
Nick Stone Quotes
- I wrote my first novel when I was 12, and then I spent my youth hanging around libraries.
- I was writing, but it was more about the process of typing, sitting at my Dad’s feet when he was writing himself. He used to be bashing away with this huge mug of tea and all the while he’d be eating chocolate. I inherited the same habit.
- Everyone talks about how great Elmore Leonard is at dialogue, but I would also add that Ed McBain was also a master of it. I feel he’s the best at dialogue in the crime novel.
- I just wrote my story and hoped it would find an audience. Some of it was actually cut, quite a big chunk didn’t get past the editor, but again I just wanted to write the book.
- I try and make each character distinct – I like to give each one a backstory, and bring them to life.
- I suppose you could say I would have been a more rounded individual if I’d had an aversion to guns, but then I probably wouldn’t have been a crime writer.
- Mostly I sit in a room in front of my computer, making stuff up, drinking Cuban coffee, chewing gum, and writing to my friends and family.
Source for quotes: 1-5: ShotsMag and 6:The Crime Vault and 7: The Rap Sheet
Nick Stone is a British thriller writer. His first novel, Mr Clarinet was a critical and commercial success, winning several international awards including, in the UK, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, for best thriller of the year, the International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel, and the Macavity Award for best first novel, in the USA. Stone’s Nick’s subsequent books were King of Swords and Voodoo Eyes both featuring Max Mingus, the central character from his debut. His standalone novel is The Verdict. Stone has named two of his favourite first crime writers as being Dashiell Hammett and Ed McBain.
Source for photograph: Author’s Website
by Amanda Patterson
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