Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Nigel Cooper is a British author of contemporary fiction and crime. He found his ‘voice’ as the editor of his own magazine, which he ran for eight years before becoming a full time author of fiction in 2011. Prior to this he studied screenwriting in London. He also has a wealth of experience as a freelance journalist, writing articles and stories for numerous magazines and newspapers. Nigel also has a degree in classical piano performance and loves nothing more than to sit and play Beethoven and Bach when he isn’t writing. Nigel Cooper has written five feature length novels. He lives and writes in Cambridgeshire.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Sound Of Crying. It was inspired by a real life kidnapping case in England, UK.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write in my bare feet while squashing crushed up Cadbury Flake chocolate bars under my feet and beneath my toes. I have a vinyl office chair matt so they don’t all get squashed into the carpet. It helps me concentrate and it feels nice too. I highly recommend it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Stuart MacBride, Peter James.
What are you working on now?
Almost finished a novel called Digital Romance Disorder. It’s a romantic comedy with a dark undertone. All about a guy who gets caught up in online internet dating with hysterical, but sometimes not so funny, consequences. More details will appear on my website: www.nigelcooperauthor.co.uk around late June 2017 Sign up to my mailing list to be informed of its release date.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I don’t know a single author on the planet who isn’t still trying to figure that one out 😉
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t do it for the money as 99 per cent of authors don’t even make minimum wage.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A friend isn’t a ‘real’ friend until you’ve had an argument with them.
What are you reading now?
Not fiction. A book called ‘Eat Fat, Get Thin’. It’s an education on diet and healthy eating.
What’s next for you as a writer?
An unlikely love story. I’m 19,000 words in. I’m writing it at the request of an agent.
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?
Hmm, that’s tough. I’ve never read any book more than once and being on a desert island would not be enough to make me want to. Can I take the movie version of the books instead as I’d always watch a movie more than once 😉
If I can take the movie versions: The Shawshank Redemption, American Psycho, Silence Of The Lambs, Sex, Lies and Videotape.
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