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Simon Miller

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Taught Mexican and Spanish history at universities in UK and US before turning to noir thrillers. Fascinated by 'what-if' questions and tension between fact and fiction. First book in Harry Kaplan series, THE WRONG DOMINO, was shortlisted for CWA Debut Dagger award. Graduate of UEA/Guardian Masterclass Finish a Novel with Gillian Slovo. Second Harry Kaplan case, EBOLOWA, serialised on thepigeonhole.com and published by UNBOUND as e-book and paperback November 2017. Blends fact and fiction drawn from a 'cold case' of courage, conspiracy and murder. ...more

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Hi Simon Where can I get hold of the first Harry Kaplan book (The Wrong Domino)? Amazon doesn't seem to have it all, and I'm having no luck with any of my googling for it.

Simon Miller Hi Di - - - FIRST rule of writing don't screw up by not answering - - JUST FOUND this part of the GR page - - OMG - - and it's 2 months, what kind of …moreHi Di - - - FIRST rule of writing don't screw up by not answering - - JUST FOUND this part of the GR page - - OMG - - and it's 2 months, what kind of author-reader rapport is THAT?? Sorry. Anyway, the answer is The Wrong Domino got written, got shortlisted CWA Debut Dagger and then got torn in half - - with one half getting a total overhaul and coming out as EBOLOWA. Now, amidst marketing EBOLOWA, I start afresh on TWD and rewrite that one. The Maths tells you you have a unit and chop it in half and you have two halves (like a cookie) but stories are different, the two halves just crumble away into disarray when they're separated, like a relationship! EBOLOWA, thanks to all my attention, rose from the ashes a new and independent being --- TWD has been languishing, but will start to feel the warmth of affection any day. I'm touched you went looking for it on the strength of EBOLOWA. and apologies again for blinking on this GR facility. simon(less)

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An exciting story Simon, and complex. Without giving away the plot, what were the parts that gave you most problem with the novel? And the most satisfying, other than getting published. Sandy

Simon Miller Sandy - - thanks for this - - I blew it by not knowing the site - - will you get my answer now or will it just appear out of the ether? It's a tough Q…moreSandy - - thanks for this - - I blew it by not knowing the site - - will you get my answer now or will it just appear out of the ether? It's a tough Q. The biggest problem I had was making space for all the main four protagonists to grow a bit of personality and a back-story and still enter into the stream of the plot sufficiently to play their part and provide you with enough to carry you along. By the end the threads had to come together like a kaleidoscope, one final twist and the new pattern had all the bits in place and the whole is more than the sum of its parts. The parts were so hard to get them into the right shape to FINALLY FIT TOGETHER. Mad. (less)

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