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Adam Croft
BornDunstable, 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.

Work

Writing

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]

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. ^ 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.
  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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