I bet not many of you know I had a past as a boxer! Well, here is an account of my last fight, aged thirteen and a half, which I have relived to help save its venue for the residents of the area. For all those of you who might like to make a donation/buy…
Was invited to the fabulously glitzy Royal Premiere of Skyfall last night, attended by about 5,000 folk in their finest finery (including yours truly!), and in the presence of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. They both came to the Royal Premiere of my last movie, The Merchant Of Venice in 2004. Camilla is…
For those of you who missed the TV ad for Not Dead Yet, here is a chance to see it – I think it is fun! http://www.studiotinto.com/not-dead-yet-by-peter-james
In our new weekly feature your Interview, we give you, our readers, the chance to ask key figures across Sussex the questions you want answered. This week best-selling author Peter James answers your questions. Gary Collins: How on earth do you think up your plots? They’re so gripping. Is it a long process to develop…
Venue: County Halls, Stirling Date: Saturday 15th September Occasion: The inaugural Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival From left to right: In the red corner: Literary critics: Stuart Kelly and Professor Willy Maley Referee / Chair: Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival In the blue corner: Crime Writers extraordinaire: Ian Rankin and Peter James…
Crime writer Peter James is working on his ninth Roy Grace book, the best-selling series about a fictional Brighton detective. Each book takes the best part of a year to write, but Peter always makes time for at least one annual skiing holiday When did you first take up skiing and how did you get…
I received the most wonderful news from my UK publishers yesterday, that after 10 days on sale, the paperback of Not Dead Yet has toppled the Fifty Shades Of Grey trilogy from the no 1 spot on the Sunday Times paperback bestseller list – ending its run of 25 weeks! It is always an amazing…
Internationally bestselling author, Peter James was born in Brighton, Sussex, England and educated at Charterhouse and then Ravesnbourne Film School. His mom, Cornelia James, was Glovemaker to Her Majesty the Queen, running the business with his late father who was a chartered accountant. Their firm is today run by his sister, Genevieve and her husband,…