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Adam Croft | |
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| Born | Dunstable, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Crime, thriller, mystery |
| Notable works | Knight & 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.
Croft has written more than twenty 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] Although he had been writing and self-publishing professionally for five years when Her Last Tomorrow was released, it was this book that brought him international attention. [7] [8] He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts. [9]
As an advocate of self-publishing, he has often spoken out about the negative sides of traditional publishing [10] and in 2012 he denounced Sue Grafton's comments that self-publishing was disrespectful and 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]
Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. [7]
Knight & Culverhouse
Rutland crime series
Kempston Hardwick Mysteries
Psychological thrillers
Sam Barker
Short stories
Plays
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