Adam Croft

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Adam Croft
Born Dunstable, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
GenreCrime, thriller, mystery
Notable worksKnight & Culverhouse, Kempston Hardwick mysteries

Adam Croft is an English writer of crime fiction. He is a self-published author [1] [2] [3] [4] and is an advocate of independent publishing.

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Work

Writing

Croft has written more than 20 books, including the Knight & Culverhouse crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He appeared on the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow. [5] [6] Her Last Tomorrow has sold around 150,000 units so far in the UK, around 500,000 including international sales, and was on track to sell more than £1M worth of books in 2017. [7] [8] He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts. [9]

An advocate of self-publishing, Croft has spoken out about what he sees as the negative sides of traditional publishing. [10] In 2012, he denounced crime novelist Sue Grafton for calling self-published authors "lazy". [11]

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature". [12]

In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland. [13]

Personal life

Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. [7]

Bibliography

Knight & Culverhouse

Rutland crime series

Kempston Hardwick Mysteries

Psychological thrillers

Sam Barker

Short stories

Plays

References

  1. ↑ "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller | The Reading Lists". The Reading Lists. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Pulham, Alice (26 January 2019). "Meet this independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Nachiappan, Arthi. "Authors write their own happy ending with success of self‑published ebooks". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Knight & Culverhouse Box Set". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Her Last Tomorrow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "'Adam Croft's author page| Lazy Bee Scripts". www.lazybeescripts.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened". The Guardian. 13 June 2016. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Flood, Alison (29 August 2012). "Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Graduations continue at Bedfordshire - beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire".
  13. ↑ "Rutland is at the centre of crime fiction series". Stamford Mercury. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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