What crime novel would you most like to have written?
THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett.
What fictional character would you most like to have been?
Once, when I was fifteen, I made the national papers for swearing. One word out of a long story, ‘Bloody’! They called me ‘Pretty Pygmalion’. Guess it will have to be Eliza Doolittle.
Who do you read for guilty pleasures?
Stephen King, loved THE STAND.
Most satisfying writing moment?
When I finally type THE END.
The best Irish crime novel is …?
That’s a hard one. Must say I love anything by Stuart Neville and Ken Bruen.
What Irish crime novel would make a great movie?
THE TWELVE by Stuart Neville.
Worst / best thing about being a writer?
Holding your brand new book in your hand for the first time. / Batting your head against the wall when the ideas stop flowing and you’re on a deadline.
The pitch for your next book is …?
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN is No 3 in the ‘Holy Island of Lindisfarne’ trilogy, the first being THORN IN MY SIDE, No 2 just out in paperback, NOWHERE MAN.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN brings everyone together and the secret of the families who have ruled the world for 30 centuries out in the open, with shocks for all concerned. Thrilled with the final word from editor. It hits the ground running and doesn’t stop.
Who are you reading right now?
John Connolly, THE BURNNG SOUL.
God appears and says you can only write OR read. Which would it be?
It would have to be write, or else I would probably go crazy with all of these characters in my head.
The three best words to describe your own writing are …?
Fast, fast and faster!
NOWHERE MAN by Sheila Quigley is published by Burgess Books.
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