128: Teacher to thriller writer - with Louise Mumford

<p>It's one thing to teach English for a living, it's another to practice what you preach. Our guest this week, <a href="https://www.louisemumfordauthor.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Louise Mumford</strong></a>, after years at the front of the classroom, has now established herself as one of the rising stars of the UK thriller scene, but her big break came by chance at <a href="https://primadonnafestival.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an arts festival</a> in Suffolk. Being the organised person she is, Louise was carrying a sample of her <a href="https://www.louisemumfordauthor.com/sleepless-index" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first novel</a> when she bumped into a commissioning editor for a major publishing imprint. Four years on, she has published three bestselling novels with Harper Collins offshoot, HQ. Louise is also committed to promoting crime fiction in her native Wales, and is the co-chair of <a href="https://crime.cymru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crime Cymru – The Welsh Crime Writing Collective</a>, which holds a physical festival every two years. It's a fascinating interview.</p><br><p>Also this week, Adrian and Rebecca reflect on an illuminating visit to one of the <a href="https://www.cpi-print.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK's biggest book printing companies</a>, and Adrian makes a confession about how his Attention Deficit Disorder played havoc with a major project this week.</p><br><p>For a full transcript of the interview with Louise Mumford, <a href="https://www.hobeck.net/hobcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click her</a>e:</p><p><a href="https://www.louisemumfordauthor.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.louisemumfordauthor.com</a></p><p><a href="https://crime.cymru/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crime Cymru – The Welsh Crime Writing Collective</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cpi-print.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CPI Print | Home |