Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book. I am a filmmaker who has written several screenplays but wanted to give the novel format a go.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My book is called ‘3 Seconds in Bogotá’ which is a true story written as a thriller. The events happened in 1994. I know them well. I was there!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write outdoors.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I think everything I have read has inspired me in some way. I have the greatest respect for authors from Dickens to Douglas Adams.
What are you working on now?
I am converting a screenplay that I wrote into a 4 part serial.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just pick up a pen, or open that laptop, and write… and keep going!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writers write.
What are you reading now?
The Missing Lands by Freddy Silva.
What’s next for you as a writer?
After my next novel, I have another screenplay to finish.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Catch 22. Alchemist. Shantaram. Cider with Rosie.
Author Websites and Profiles
Mark Playne Website
Mark Playne Amazon Profile