I was writing poems from when I could hold a pen, then plays to be performed by my brother – who, shockingly, charged a fee to appear in my epic works…Ģ. So I was only about twelve when I was gripped by The Odessa Files thanks to master thriller-writer Freddie Forsyth, and blown away by the prose of Raymond Chandler in books like (). I got into crime fiction fairly early – cutting my teeth on the classics like Agatha Christie but soon moving onto grittier stuff that my Dad tried – and failed – to hide out of reach in a high cupboard. **Who were your literary heroes as you were growing up and when did you first realise you wanted to write?** The first novel, () was published in November by Zaffre and is also available through Suffolk Libraries.ġ. Alison (A.K.) Turner is the author of a new crime series set in a London morgue featuring mortuary assistant Cassie Raven.
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