On writing

In my twenty-five year career, I’ve spoken to audiences of hundreds – and an audience of ONE! Yep – you have to learn to take the good with the bad as a writer. In this episode of Margaret Murphy on...

Margaret Murphy talks to crime authors Elly Griffiths and Rhiannon Ward about the gothic in crime, from Poe and Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle, and explore the popularity of gothic elements in modern crime fiction. What makes the weird and spooky in gothic...

Join Margaret Murphy for a privileged glimpse of the emotional, funny – and hair-raising(!) – stories behind the stories of psychological suspense writers Jane Corry and Amanda Brooke. How do writers get inside the mind of a murderer? How does research inform their...

Why is it that we see the same names over and over again, when there are many more talented authors out there who don’t get a look-in? Why are women reluctant to submit their writing to publishers? How are books...

Chris High had some good things to say about Before He Kills Again on Liverpool Live, 24/7! ‘Her writing is up there with the very best . . . She is one of the most underrated crime writers out there.’...

From mid-listers to Diamond Geezers by Margaret Murphy Margaret talks to Crime Squad about Murder Squad’s 20th anniversary, her reasons for founding the squad, the stellar success of its members, and a new anthology planned for their 21st year.

It was my privilege and pleasure to be interviewed by Jacky Collins (Dr Noir) on her YouTube channel about Murder Squad and my varied life in writing. We covered the portrayal of violence against women, touching on my own experience...

Margaret talks to Crime Time about Freedom of expression, voicelessness, and a return to self. Margaret Murphy talks to Crime Time about her Creasey Dagger shortlisting that was nixed by the committee, founding Murder Squad, self-marketing, and Before He Kills...

Margaret talks to Ayo Onatade at Shots Blog about the frustrations of being a midlist writer, why she founded Murder Squad (now celebrating its 20th anniversary!), the outstanding successes of her fellow squaddies, her return to writing under her own...

It’s a challenge to turn to p 69 of your novel, and assess  if it is representative of the rest of the book. I accepted the challenge for The Cutting Room, book 2 in the Carver & Lake series: it covered...

Strand Magazine invited Ashley Dyer to write about Serial Killers in Fact & Fiction. Read our take on real and fictional serial killers, including Dennis Nilsen and The Yorkshire Ripper in fact, and Hannibal Lecter, Dexter Morgan and The Bone...

The good folk at Crime Reads asked Team Dyer to write about our favourite serial killer novel. Here’s what we said: Crime Reads