53: The new crime novel set in Reigate & Redhill, the local artist who was the centre of a huge forgery conspiracy… and more

2235.197 - 2254.985 Phil Hall

I don't think any writer could get away without having a few of the proofreaders around. I've got a guy I actually went to school with when we were five. We started school together. A guy, Andy Lipson, now lives in Edinburgh. He was known as the walking encyclopedia at school. So we have a deal where he does my proofreading every year and I send him a bottle of whiskey. So it works really well.