However, I d always wanted to write crime after I graduated from Enid Blyton s Find-Outer series to Edgar Wallace and Agatha Christie . Liverpool is the most important element in my Johnny Ace books. I managed beat groups in Liverpool in the Merseybeat days, DJ d round all the clubs and on the Mersey ferries, studied for my librarianship degree there, owned student houses, so you could say it has been an inspiration. The mystery genre continually churns out an enormous amount of authors. Not only have some of the most famous world writers in one form or another touched the subject but also former tennis champions.
Persistence is vital, talent without persistence means nothing.
Never give up and the lucky break will come but, remember, only talent will keep you there. I d love to get Johnny Ace on TV and Liverpool is an ideal city for filming. I m very hopeful about The Singing Dead which is out in September. It would make a great film. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie .