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SDSykes

@sd_sykes

Writer of historical crime fiction. Published by Hodder & Stoughton and Pegasus (US) Represented by Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown.

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linkhttp://www.sdsykes.co.uk calendar_today27-07-2012 21:03:57

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Hey writers! We're offering TWO FREE PLACES on this Starting to Write week for writers currently under-represented in publishing. Please email [email protected] with 250 words saying why you'd like a place on the course by midday, Weds, 6th October. lght.ly/o37gh6k

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Really pleased to see this lovely review for #TheGoodDeath in the September Crime Fiction round-up in NB magazine. Thanks to Paul Burke

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Saw this tooday, and for some ineggsplicable reason it cheared me up. Merry Christma's to all my Twitter friend's! #MerryChristmas #

Saw this tooday, and for some ineggsplicable reason it cheared me up. Merry Christma's to all my Twitter friend's! #MerryChristmas #
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"I thoroughly recommend it." Find out why Catherine Hokin loves The Good Death, the latest medieval mystery by SDSykes, published today bit.ly/HistoriaReview… (Clue: compelling characters, great sense of place, relevance to today, big themes...) #bookreview #histfic

"I thoroughly recommend it." Find out why <a href="/cathokin/">Catherine Hokin</a> loves The Good Death, the latest medieval mystery by <a href="/SD_Sykes/">SDSykes</a>, published today bit.ly/HistoriaReview…
(Clue: compelling characters, great sense of place, relevance to today, big themes...)
#bookreview #histfic
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Was sent this beauty last week. The debut novel Bonny And Read by one of my old Curtis Brown Creative friends - the very talented Julie Walker Julie Walker. It's the fabulous swash-buckling tale of two female pirates. And it's soooo good! #BonnyAndRead Olivia Barber

Was sent this beauty last week. The debut novel Bonny And Read by one of my old <a href="/cbcreative/">Curtis Brown Creative</a> friends - the very talented Julie Walker <a href="/NicerMarmot/">Julie Walker</a>. It's the fabulous swash-buckling tale of two female pirates. And it's soooo good! #BonnyAndRead <a href="/oliviajbarber/">Olivia Barber</a>
Theresa Howes (@howes_theresa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Absolutely thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming novel, The Secrets We Keep. Thank you, @HQStories for creating such a beautiful design!

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Thirteen years after the Black Death the plague has returned to Britain & Oswald de Lacy is locked in a castle for the winter. Then the murders begin: THE BONE FIRE by SDSykes #books wp.me/p2ZHJe-63C

Thirteen years after the Black Death the plague has returned to Britain &amp; Oswald de Lacy is locked in a castle for the winter. Then the murders begin: THE BONE FIRE by <a href="/SD_Sykes/">SDSykes</a> #books wp.me/p2ZHJe-63C
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The guys at Shepherd asked me to write a blog about some of my favourite reads: shepherd.com/best-books/boo… #earthsea #grapesofwrath #lonesomedove #historicalfiction #fantasy #steinbeck #ursulaleguin Steven Pressfield SDSykes

The guys at Shepherd asked me to write a blog about some of my favourite reads: 
shepherd.com/best-books/boo…

#earthsea #grapesofwrath #lonesomedove #historicalfiction #fantasy #steinbeck #ursulaleguin <a href="/SPressfield/">Steven Pressfield</a> <a href="/SD_Sykes/">SDSykes</a>
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So sad to hear about the death of C.J. Sansom. I feel like he invented the historical crime fiction genre, and then continued to breathe fire into it with his brilliant Shardlake series. Put simply, he was the best. An inspiration to myself and many fellow writers. #CJSansom