An interesting article in the Independent (Wednesday 24the July 2013) by Nick Clark Art Correspondent: He says how Scandinavian Crime Thrillers are waning in popularity and that now it appears to be the turn of the French.
"This week, Crime Writers Association (CWA) International Dagger was awarded to Fred Vargas for The Ghost Riders of Ordebec, and Pierre Lemaitre for Alex.
While Ms Vargas has won the Dagger three times before, the dual award added credence to those who predict that France is “the next big thing” with one literary expert predicting it “could trigger” a flood of French work on British shores."
What you may ask has this to do with Independent Authors? The next quote is very interesting.
“Scandinavian crime became a commodity and far too many publishers put out too many books of less than superb quality,” he said.
“Publishers are like sheep. They go of in droves in pursuit of the new big thing. France is the new big thing. There’s a great combination of real writers with storytelling genius.”
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