Adam Croft
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Adam Croft | |
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| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Crime, thriller, mystery |
Adam Croft is an English writer of crime fiction. He has become one of the biggest-selling self-published authors[1][2] and is an advocate of independent publishing.
Work
Writing
Croft has written more than fifteen books, including the Knight & Culverhouse crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He has hit the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow.[3][4] Although he had been writing and self-publishing professionally for five years when Her Last Tomorrow was released, the book was an instant success, allowing him to pay off his mortgage inside 20 weeks and winning him a book deal with Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing.[5][6] He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts.[7]
As an advocate of self-publishing, he has often spoken out about the negative sides of traditional publishing[8] and in 2012 he responded angrily to Sue Grafton's comments that self-publishing was disrespectful and lazy. Grafton later apologised for her comments.[9]
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature".[10]
Personal life
Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.[5]
Bibliography
Knight & Culverhouse
- Too Close for Comfort (2011)
- Guilty as Sin (2011)
- Jack Be Nimble (2015)
- Rough Justice (2015)
- In Too Deep (2016)
- In the Name of the Father (2016)
- With A Vengeance (2017)
- Dead & Buried (2018)
- In Plain Sight (2019)
Kempston Hardwick Mysteries
- Exit Stage Left (2011)
- The Westerlea House Mystery (2013)
- Death Under the Sun (2014)
- The Thirteenth Room (2015)
Standalone Novels
- Her Last Tomorrow (2015)
- Only the Truth (2017)
- In Her Image (2017)
- Tell Me I'm Wrong (2018)
Short Stories
- Gone (2016)
- Love You To Death (2017)
- The Harder They Fall (2017)
Plays
- Sleeping Dogs (2014)
- Curtain Up! (2015)
- Home, Sweet Home (2015)
References
- ^ "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller | The Reading Lists". The Reading Lists. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Knight & Culverhouse Box Set". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Her Last Tomorrow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ a b Flood, Alison (2 June 2016). "From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "'Adam Croft's author page| Lazy Bee Scripts". www.lazybeescripts.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened". The Guardian. 13 June 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ Flood, Alison (29 August 2012). "Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ https://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2018/march/graduations-continue-at-bedfordshire