Katerina Diamond

Katerina Diamond is the author of the ‘Sunday’ Times Best Selling crime thriller ‘The Teacher’, and Number 1 Kindle best selling novel ‘The Secret’. Katerina is currently working on her third novel in the series. Katerina lives in East Kent. Katerina was born in Weston-super-Mare and has lived in various places since including Greece, Cyprus, Derby, East London and Exeter. Katerina loves stories and is currently working on her third novel. ‘The Secret’ is her second book in the series.

1. To the readers of the website, who aren’t familiar with your writing and your books, can you tell us about yourself and how you got into writing.
   I am a Crime Thriller writer. I have always been an avid reader, and I am quite into movies, too. I used to spend my one day off from my job when I was younger in the cinema all day, watching whatever the new releases were. About 15 years ago I decided I wanted to try and write this idea I had for a movie. I continued to learn the craft of screenwriting for several years, writing several screenplays but never getting anywhere with them. I entered a local competition and didn’t do so well with it, but I persevered and entered twice more in following years. After joining a local writing group for a few months I adapted the things I had learned from all the books on screenwriting I had read over the years. I won the competition for the first chapter of a novel, which became the first chapter of ‘The Teacher’, my debut novel and ‘Sunday Times’ Bestseller.
2. What book inspired you to start writing?
   It’s hard to pick an exact book actually. I just love crime fiction and wanted to see if I could do it.
3. Can you describe your writing style?
   I would say that it’s pretty pacey, I try to constantly move the story forward. I have also got a bit of a reputation for being shocking and extreme.
4. You’re books are incredibly graphic and gory, what’s been the most goriest book you’ve even read?
   I don’t ever recall reading anything particularly gory, probably the most unpleasant and shocking book I ever read was delicatessen by William. S. Burroughs though.

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5. What do you think makes a good crime novel?
   Lots of surprises and plenty of tension.
6. Your books are based on the investigative team DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles, who are quite an complex team with a good dynamic between the pair. Do you have a favourite of the couple
   Actually my allegiance often swap sides, sometimes I love one more than the other but I don’t think I could pick one of them.

7. If you were stranded on a desert island, which three books would you bring with you to pass the time?
   Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ by Alexander Dumas – and an SAS extreme survival guide.
8. What area do you suggest a budding writer should concentrate on to further their abilities?
   Write all the time, for ten minutes or ten hours it doesn’t matter. Also read books on story structure and things like that, there are some excellent books out there and they can really help.
9. When sitting down to write, what is the one item you need beside you?
   A pint of water is the boring answer, but also I have a winter soldier bobble head toy that sits on my monitor.
10. And finally Katerina, do you have any projects or releases on the horizon which you would like to share with the readers of the website
    I am currently Editing book 3 of the Miles and Grey series of books, and I have started writing book 4. After that I have no definite plans – 2 projects at a time is enough!

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