Some very real COWBOYS AND INDIANS
Oddly enough, as I sit down to start work in anger on COWBOYS AND INDIANS (Cullen 7), set in the world of IT project delivery at a fictional financial institution …
Read More94th best crime writer of all time
WH Smith’s blog just announced the results of a recent poll on their top crime writers of all time and, apparently, I’m the 94th best crime writer of all time, …
Read MoreCullen 999
Just noticed this morning that I’m up to 999 reviews for GHOST IN THE MACHINE on Amazon.co.uk, averaging 4.2 which is pretty high for a perma-free book.
This is completely …
ED JAMES in conversation with JAMES OSWALD in Edinburgh on Thursday 12-Feb-15
Just a quick note to say I’ll be interviewing James Oswald at the Edinburgh George St Waterstones (damn, what happened to that possessive apostrophe?) tomorrow night, Thursday 12th Feb, to …
Read MoreMusings on SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
(This post is a rambling essay on genres but also features some news about the Supernature series and what happens next there…)
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I've been talking to myself just to suggest that I'm selfish
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmnWXhxlh14]One of my very favourite songs of all time – GETTING AWAY WITH IT by Electronic, the late 80s side project of NewOrder’s Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, then …
Read MoreWriting craft interview with me
Just a quick note to say there’s an interview gone up with some chancer called Ed James over on Scots-American author Allan Mann’s website –
http://www.allanlmann.com/blog/insights-from-ed-james/
It focuses mainly on writing craft …
SNARED by Ed James – available for pre-order now
News at last!
SNARED, my Dundee-based police procedural starring DS Vicky Dodds, has found a home with Thomas & Mercer, part of Amazon Publishing. This took a wee while to get going …
Ed James' five favourite novels of 2014
I’ve been really bad at blogging last year. Too much writing and editing. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to blog more. So, here we go – I’ll have …
Read MoreWhat the Allstars feel is the real deal…

Lo-Fidelity Allstars – a cracking band
Just got a note from Amazon saying I’m October’s 14th most borrowed author in the UK – get a nice wee drop of cash for …