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Write a thriller: Character drives plot

Memorable characters are at the heart of crime writing success Joseph Wambaugh was a Los Angeles Police Department detective sergeant before he became …

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Write a thriller: Get inside your character

A writer must feel what his characters feel to convey the emotion and sensation The great Belgian crime noveliest Georges Simenon described writing as …

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Write a thriller: Don’t use the magic hacker

The computer ‘hacker’ character undermines the credibility of many thrillers The use of a hacker character in Swedish writer Stieg …

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About Matt Rees

Matt Rees

Matt Rees is the award-winning author of nine novels published in 23 languages. He has been compared to Graham Greene, Georges Simenon and Henning Mankell.

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