Saturday 21 May 2016
12.30 - 13.20
Spying for A Living
Discussed by:
Simon Conway born in California in 1967, educated in Britain and studied English
Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is a former British Army Officer
and international aid worker who has cleared landmines and other hazardous
debris of war in Africa, Asia, Europe, The Middle East and the Caucasus.He lives in Scotland with his wife.
Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He
was educated at Ludgrove School (1979-1984), Eton College (1985-1989) and the
University of Edinburgh (1990-1994), where he graduated with 1st Class Honours
in English Literature. In 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the
United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A Spy By Nature,
a novel partly based on his experiences with MI6, was published in the UK in
June 2001.
Mick
Herron is a novelist and short story writer whose booksinclude the
Slough House series, the first of which - the Steel-Dagger nominated Slow
Horses - has been described as the 'most enjoyable British spy novel in years'.
The second Slough House novel, Dead Lions, won the 2013 CWA Goldsboro Gold
Dagger, and was picked by the Sunday Times as one of the best 25 crime novels
of the past five years. Mick was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in
Oxford.
http://www.mickherron.com/
The Participating moderator is Michael Ridpath
Michael Ridpath was born in Devon in 1961, but brought up in
Yorkshire. He was educated at Millfield, Merton
College, Oxford. Before becoming a writer, Michael
Ridpath used to work in the City of London
as a bond trader. He has written eight thrillers set in the worlds of
business and finance, but is now trying his hand at something slightly
different. Where The Shadows Lie, the first in the Fire and Ice
series featuring an Icelandic detective named Magnus Jonson, was published in
2010. He has published three further books in the series. He now lives in North
London.
http://michaelridpath.com/
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