Edward Marston

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Edward Marston

Edward Marston was born and brought up in South Wales. A full-time writer for over 40 years, he has worked in radio, film, television and the theatre, and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association. He has written crime novels across six different periods of history, including the Victorian railway detective series.

Interviewed 01 November 2014

Ten words to sum up your working life to date ...

Hard work, perseverance and good luck always bring you rewards.

Nine things you can see from where you're sitting ...

Books, more books, birds, Americano coffee, a garden, bills, letters, photos of loved ones and a flickering screen.

Eight minutes to prepare a meal. What's it going to be ?

Welsh rarebit and a quality wine.

Seven people you'd like to go for a drink with ...

Helen Mirren, PD James, Roger Federer, Barack Obama, Ruth Rendell, Alex Ferguson and my wife.

Six things you can't live without ...

Faith, hope, love, friends, something to laugh at.

Five favourite words ...

Dad, Grandad, please, thank you, money.

Four places you'd run away to ...

Wales, Italy, France, New England.

Three books you've bought recently ...

The War Behind the Wire (John Lewis-Stempel)
Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace (Kate Summerscale)
Death Comes to Pemberley (PD James)

Two things that make you rant ...

Injustice. Ill-treatment of children.

One thing you'd tell your teenage self ...

Hang in there – it gets better.