Author: David Penny
So the question is: Exactly why did I start writing about Andalusia, and Moorish Spain in particular? I introduced this in part 1 of this post, but didn’t give any reasons why. Here they are. Some years ago, probably around…
[full_width]I set the Thomas Berrington Historical Mysteries in southern Spain in the area of Andalusia — al-Andalus to the Moors who lived there for over 700 years. After visiting Spain and the Alhambra once when I was 16 years old…
Between April 10th to the 12th the London Book Fair will be running in Earl’s Court, west London. I have visited before a few years ago, but this year I am attending on two days. On one of those I…
For the first time in three years I am actually in the country for the fantastic Hawksbury Upton Literary Festival, and will be speaking on a panel at 1pm on Six ways to be a writer. This LitFest is small,…
I liked my old covers, I really did. But something about them wasn’t quite right. They didn’t say “Historical” enough–and after all, writing books set in Moorish Spain in the 1480s should say historical, shouldn’t it. So I commissioned a…
I was seventeen before I spent my first Christmas apart from family—and I shouldn’t have been there, in more ways than one. Fairbourne sits in the curve of Wales where it meets the Irish Sea. It’s a small place, and lately…
I’m honoured to be invited to take part in this year’s IndieBRAG Christmas Blog Hop. Both of my books in the Thomas Berrington series are fortunate enough to have been awarded an IndieBRAG Medallion. My own contribution will appear here on…
Today I interview Mason Cross, author of last year’s breakthrough thriller The Killing Season featuring a new kick-ass hero Carter Blake. His new novel The Samaritan was released last week and we talk about this, his writing, and what lies in…
My kids will tell you my opinion on self-belief. I admit I might have been a little too successful teaching them that lesson—but if you can do something, even better if you can do it well, why hide the fact?…
Earlier today I watched Joanna Penn on Sky News talking about making a change in your career, and she said something profound that really struck me. What she said was: “Think back to what you wanted to be when you…
