Interview with Richard Godwin, Author of Insincerity

Richard Godwin is the critically acclaimed author of Apostle Rising, Mr. Glamour, One Lost Summer, Noir City, Meaningful Conversations, Confessions Of A Hit Man, Paranoia And The Destiny Programme, Wrong Crowd, Savage Highway, Ersatz World, The Pure And The Hated, Disembodied, Buffalo And Sour Mash, and Locked In Cages.

His stories have been published in numerous paying magazines and over 34 anthologies, among them an anthology of his stories, Piquant: Tales Of The Mustard Man, The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime and The Mammoth Book Of Best British Mystery, alongside Lee Child.

He was born in London and lectured in English and American literature at the University of London.

Visit the author online at http://www.richardgodwin.net You can view the trailer for this novel here.

Did you like thrillers when you were growing up?

I liked Shakespeare, his tragic vision as a dramatist and poet was both structurally key and his characterization superior. I liked the twisted mysteries of Roald Dahl, all those great stories in Kiss Kiss, for example. His ability to create a good nasty surprising twist and delve into the psychologies of his nefarious characters appealed. I also enjoyed all the classics. I'd read all of Dickens by the age of 9, a great stylist of course.

What was the first story in that genre that you wrote?

Story? None, it was my first novel Apostle Rising, in which a psychopath is literally crucifying politicians in London.

What is your favorite part of writing in this genre?

The entire process.

What do you find most difficult about writing in this genre?

It all depends on the story. There is no fixed mark here.

Is there an author in this genre that you admire most?

No. But James Lee Burke is a favourite.

What is up next for you?

My two erotica novels Confessions Of A Gigolo and Twisted Love are being published this year. Next year sees the follow up to Apostle Rising: Apostle Unbound, as the serial killer is still on the run, also a novel entitled The Secret Lives Of Towns and The Artist.

Do you have anything to add?

Only that writing is a princess, there is no glass ceiling nor can there be a manufacturing machine set around it of the kind described in different circumstances in Anti-Oedipus by Deleuze and Guattari. We need to remember what Art is about.