Peter James: Novelist and Film Producer: Danger

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Danger - Men At Work!

Well, we all have different styles of working. Me, I like to sit at my desk, slurping my vodka martini (at my evening session only!!!) opera or jazz gently pumping out of my Bose speakers. Neil Pearson is clearly the hunched forward, raring-to-go type, while William Gaminara - well, clearly a little laid back.

Neil Pearson

Just attended yesterday the recording of the audio book of Not Dead Enough which is read by Neil Pearson. He has a very different style of working to William Gaminara, who voiced the audio book of Dead Simple in a very laid-back manner... see the photographs of them both reading my books.

William Gaminara

William (whose acting credits include The Archers and 44 episodes of Silent Witness is a really nice guy - I particularly warmed to him last year in the studio when I discovered he is a serious poker player! He did a great job on the Dead Simple audio book, but unfortunately because of back and arm injury he was unable do Not Dead Enough. However we were lucky enough to get the equally charming and hugely talented Neil Pearson - a face familiar to all from The Booze Cruise, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Whistle Blower, Drop The Dead Donkey, and a gazillion other high profile productions.

I was very surprise to find a whole other side beyond the acting profession to Neil: He is an absolute authority - not just a collector but a total mine of immensely fascinating information - on rare books - and has his own book on the subject coming out this autumn. From the stories he told me in the studio yesterday it will be a great read.

And on the subject of rare books, I was amused to see copies of my first novel Dead Letter Drop fetching up to £142.00 on the rare books site www.addall.com. Funny that this and my other two early novels, Atom Bomb Angel and Billionaire, which I keep out of print at my request as I am not proud of them, fetch so much more than the bargain £12.99 of Not Dead Enough!!!

posted by Peter James at 8:53 AM 6 comments

Comments:

I guess I am lucky then to own a copy of Billionaire :-)

Linda

By Anonymous, at 10:10 AM

You are damn near on a billionaire in that case...!!!!

By Peter James, at 1:02 PM

I've got ALL your books Ptr - I'm up for offers if the price is right! No ... on second thoughts ... whether you think they are rubbish or not - I think they are brilliant and wouldn't part with any of them! C(noE)x

By Anonymous, at 1:11 PM

I have a first editionDead Letter Drop - may I exchange your signature for a glass of red when I am back in UK?
It could be my retirement plan!

By jo, at 5:00 PM

Neil Pearson and Rick Gekoski recently delivered a fascinating and lively talk on book collecting at the Hay Festival. If they do this again, anywhere, then I thoroughly recommend attending.

By crimeficreader, at 2:51 PM

Thanks for the heads up on this!

By Peter James, at 12:29 PM