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Jude Roy: Author Interview – Mystery Thriller Week

Jude Roy: Author Interview – Mystery Thriller Week

Published by Stephen Bentley on December 16, 2016

The following post first appeared on my author website. Jude Roy is the first author in my new series of author interviews to be run in conjunction with Mystery Thriller Week (MWT). MWT is for authors, bloggers, reviewers, fans and readers and will run from February 12 – 22, 2017 – to find out more click on the link below: Mystery Thriller Week Annual Event Facebook You will be greeted with this welcome message: Welcome to The Official group for Mystery Thriller Week 2017! This group is welcoming all mystery and thriller Fans, Authors, Bloggers, Podcasters, and book enthusiasts, that want to know more about the genre and sub-genres. Join in and participate. It is a way to keep up with all the happenings concerning…

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BBC Radio Interview Stephen Bentley

Published by Stephen Bentley on September 30, 2016

A BBC Radio interview with Stephen Bentley today September 30, 2016 I am talking about the subject of my book Undercover: Operation Julie – The Inside Story and undercover policing in the UK. There is a second interview of some 40 minutes planned for next week. These are some of the more recent reviews posted on Amazon: 5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and compelling By donna on 14 September 2016 Format: Paperback Steven Bentley certainly provides a compelling depiction of not only one of the largest drug busts in history, but of the LSD manufacturing and trade in general. Bentley and his partner bravely fight against the drug underworld, police corruption, greed and against their own addictions culminating from the necessity to partake in what they…

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Discover Lashonda Beauregard: Author Spotlight

Discover Lashonda Beauregard: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on September 12, 2016

This post first appeared on the Stephen Bentley – Author website. Welcome Lashonda and thank you so much for agreeing to appear in the ‘Author Spotlight’ series. Bio Lashonda Beauregard was born in Alexandria, La, and has lived in Lafayette, La. Lashonda is the author of the book The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler’s Diary, which is her first published book. She is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Bachelors of Science in Apparel Merchandising/Business and enjoys writing stories, poetry, and music. She likes to read historical fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, and christian fiction and inspirational books. You can follow Lashonda Beauregard here on Twitter @lbsongs7 and find her and her book on Goodreads. The link to ‘The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler’s…

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Discover Emily Murdoch: Author Spotlight

Discover Emily Murdoch: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on September 5, 2016

This post first appeared on the Stephen Bentley – Author website. Welcome Emily Murdoch and thank you so much for agreeing to appear in the ‘Author Spotlight’ series. I have read ‘A Harvest Passion’ and thoroughly enjoyed it. Bio Emily Murdoch is a medieval historian and writer. Throughout her career so far she has examined a codex and transcribed medieval sermons at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, designed part of an exhibition for the Yorkshire Museum, worked as a researcher for a BBC documentary presented by Ian Hislop, and worked at Polesden Lacey with the National Trust. She has a degree in History and English, and a Masters in Medieval Studies, both from the University of York. Emily has a medieval series and a Regency…

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Discover Daniel Parsons: Author Spotlight

Discover Daniel Parsons: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on August 28, 2016

This post first appeared on my author website. Daniel Parsons, welcome to Author Spotlight. I’m sure we are all interested to know more about you and your books. I hear you have a new book out all about Twitter. I must buy it as Twitter is a mystery to me! Bio Daniel Parsons is the author of the fantasy books The Winter Freak Show and Blott as well as the comedy zombie story Necroville which has received critical acclaim on Wattpad, garnered almost 30,000 reads, and has been used to promote Hollywood’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie. Besides writing, Daniel has worked at two publishing companies in South Wales, UK, but now works as a freelance editor. He occasionally runs workshops in which he…

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Discover Phoenix Rainez: Author Spotlight

Discover Phoenix Rainez: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on August 20, 2016

Phoenix Rainez (what a cool name) welcome to Author Spotlight. I’m sure we would all love to know if that is your real name. Bio Born and raised in Zimbabwe, and now living in England. I’m a wife and mother of two daughters and four adorable young grandchildren. My work day revolves around caring for elderly with dementia. I’m an incurable romantic, reading romances and always on the lookout for a good romantic film. My favourite films without a doubt are Romeo and Juliet, Titanic and Love Actually. Paranormal romances would have to be Twilight and Vampire Diaries and yes I have read Fifty Shades and seen the film. I write under the name Phoenix Rainez. Why did I choose this name instead of my…

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Discover Pat McDonald: Author Spotlight

Discover Pat McDonald: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on August 13, 2016

A big warm welcome to this week’s author, Pat McDonald, in the latest of the interviews in the Author Spotlight series. If you are a self-published author and would like to be featured here, please get in touch. Pat McDonald is now a full time novelist currently writing within the crime fiction genre. She spent most of her career as a Researcher, Project Manager and Programme Manager within the National Health Service and the Criminal Justice system. As a Researcher she has interviewed thousands of people, although only claims one person who refused to speak to her and one person who died before they could! Her resultant interest in ‘people’ together with a lifelong love of ‘watching the world go by’ deepened her love of…

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Discover Nick Rippington: Author Spotlight

Published by Stephen Bentley on August 5, 2016

“Nick Rippington, self-published author, this is your life.” Oh! Sorry I got carried away there thinking I was live in a TV studio 🙂 Only people of a certain age and of British heritage will ‘get’ the reference. This author spotlight is not about me (sorry Jack) so let me hand you over to Nick Rippington (cue applause of the canned variety) – AUTHOR PROFILE NICK RIPPINGTON is one of the victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal you don’t hear about. Proudly employed by the newspaper as Welsh Sports Editor, he was made redundant with two days notice when Rupert Murdoch closed it down. On holiday at the time, Nick was never allowed back into the building, investigators seizing his computer to…

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Meet Jack Kregas Indie Author

Meet Jack Kregas Indie Author

Published by Stephen Bentley on July 29, 2016

This author interview first appeared on the Stephen Bentley – Author website. It is reproduced here for maximum exposure to the new #indie author feature series called ‘Author Spotlight’ on the author website. The second reason is ensuring that these interviews appear in the weekly newsletter from Expat in Bacolod. Enjoy the interview and stay tuned as there are some crackers lined up. Jack Kregas is the first indie author in the new series of ‘author spotlight’ interviews. Author Jack Kregas Jack Kregas was born in the northeast of the United States. He now is an Australian citizen living in Brisbane. After publishing his first book, an autobiography of his adventurous life in 2015, he has written three more books and is at work on…

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