That same day I sat on a bench outside Bristol Cathedral with my M&S sandwich, when I spied a man across from me who looked a bit like Stephen. I encountered Stephen on the stairs on the first day, so introduced myself, and we discussed when to meet up to talk, and he was very friendly and accommodating. The nice thing about the CrimeFest is the informal way you come across your favourite authors all the time. This June I was pleased to see that Stephen would be attending the CrimeFest in Bristol, so I emailed him and asked if he would have time to be interviewed there. The series can best be described as Rural Noir, words that sounds like a contradiction in terms, but they are actually very accurate. This is Stephen Booth’s fictional town in the Peak District, based on Buxton, Bakewell, Chesterfield and odd bits of other places. There are eight books out so far, about police officers Ben Cooper and Diane Fry in Edendale. I later heard through one of the other regular customers, that she’d found him very creepy, so ever since, I have worried slightly about liking crime novels written by a creepy author. When Stephen came to the local bookshop four years ago, I decided against going to hear him speak, on account of being too busy. I’m not sure why I thought he’d want to know, but I’ve since found out that Stephen has received far crazier emails than mine. I first made contact with Stephen Booth a few years ago by emailing him to tell him about finding the Swedish translations of his crime novels in the bread section of my small holiday supermarket.
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