news

Unable to believe the astonishing spring weather we've been having, gardening in every spare moment, I haven't been updating this page as often as I should. But here goes:

Face of the Devil, the third in my Isle of Wight series featuring forensic psychologist Karen Taylor, will be published in June.

I have finished the first draft of the fourth in the series, which I write as N J Cooper, currently called The Dead Month. Titles often change during the editing and production process, so I'll keep you posted.

And thoughts about Number Five in the series are beginning to feel exciting. More to follow.

I have also embarked on the strange activity of tweeting. Do follow me on twitter - NJCooper_crime.

Crime fiction events are being organised for 2011 at the moment, and the programmes look as interesting as ever. More details on the diary page as and when they are available. But I'm off to CrimeScene in Bristol on 20 May.

Incidentally, there are still video clips for six of my Trish Maguire novels on the terrific Meet the Author website. The links are:

http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1562.html
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1563.html
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1564.html
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1565.html
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1566.html
http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1567.html

You can also download an audio discussion between me and Paul Blezard, who generously invited me to use it here. You can find the link on my welcome page. I hope you enjoy it.

diary dates

20/21 May 2011 I shall be at CrimeFest in Bristol, interviewing Deon Meyer at 1 o'clock on Saturday and taking part in a panel at 1 o'clock on Friday, discussing Making People Shiver, details as follows:

* Chris Carter
* Natasha ‘N.J.’ Cooper
* Howard Linskey
* Tim Weaver

Participating moderator: Lin Anderson

21 June 2011 6.30pm I shall be taking part in Goldsboro Books' Crime in the Court in Cecil Court.

25 June 11.30 - 1.00 Women's Word, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
I shall be discussing crime and literary fiction with John Sutherland,Maria Rejt, and Michael Ridpath. More details from:http://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/pages/news-events/womens-word-2011/womens-word-programme-2011.php
Alas, John Sutherland has had to withdraw. Sophie Hannah has stepped into the breach.

21-24 July, 2011 The Theakston's Old Peculier Crimewriting Festival in Harrogate. I shall be there throughout, and chairing a panel discussion of psychological crime novels on Friday afternoon with Camilla Lackberg, Sophie Hannah, Tana French and Steve Mosby.

19-21 August St Hilda's Crime & Mystery Weekend in Oxford. I shall be chairing the weekend, which this year has the theme 'The Anatomy of Justice'. I shall also be giving an after-dinner speech about my legal series character Trish Maguire.

Tuesday 13 September 6.45-7.45pm I shall be at the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival, interviewing Alex McBride. For more details, please see the
festival website: www.hamhighlitfest.com

Saturday 12 November I shall be at the Reading Literary Festival Saturday 12 November, taking part in two events as follows:
Crime and Society Panel
12 noon-1.15pm, Reading Town Hall
With
Dreda Say Mitchell (Chair)
Denise Mina
Professor David Wilson
Ronnie Thompson - Crime non-fiction author and ex-prison officer.

Defending the Guilty – Two Sides of the Criminal justice system
3.30-4.30pm, Reading Town Hall
Chairing an in conversation with Alex McBride and Noel “Razor” Smith

Trish's London from the Embankment to the Wheel