Author interviews

Danny Miller

Danny started his writing career as a playwright.  He is a scriptwriter and has worked for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.  

He is the author of noir detective thriller, Kiss Me Quick. Set in Brighton in 1964, an ambitious young detective, Vince Treadwell, is sent down from London to solve a murder and catch an elusive and powerful gangster.The judges of the Crime Writers Association’s John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award 2011 highly commended Kiss Me Quick.

How did you get into writing?

Living in New York and taking acting classes, I used to write myself monologues that turned into one act plays, then full length plays.

Have you got a literary hero that inspired you?

Not one that I can single out, there’s too many. For the genre of crime writing my three favourites are James Ellroy, Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler.

If you were on a desert island, what three books could you not live without?

Mmm. Quite literary I probably could not live without  Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Guild. David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest - it’s big and fun and thought provoking and I’ve not read it all. The collected works of P.G. Wodehouse - escapism for when you really can’t escape.

What is your favourite library?

Brighton library, I work in there at least a couple of times a week.

What next?

Finished the second Vince Treadwell book and just started the third. I’m also plotting out a new book independent of the series.

For more information see Danny Miller's publisher web page.

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