I received a negative review of one of my novels the other day, on Amazon. The writer said that they stopped reading the book (which has received largely positive reviews) because DCI John Blizzard acted in a lewd way, commenting on a woman’s appearance in a manner more suited to the Seventies.…

As part of National Crime Reading Month, crime novelist John Dean is to give a talk at Catstrand Arts Centre in New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, followed by a screening of classic crime film Brighton Rock.

John, whose books regularly feature in the best-selling charts on Amazon, is the creator of the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris…

Best-selling crime novelist and creative writing tutor John Dean, who is based in Dumfries and Galloway, is running an online Crime Fiction Course.

John, author of 17 novels and…

Best-selling crime novelist John Dean is to run two weekend courses for aspiring writers at his home near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway and there are plenty of places left.…

Revealing something of themselves in their writing is something of which many writers are wary, preferring to produce work in which their personality is obscured.…

Revealing something of themselves in their writing is something of which many writers are wary, preferring to produce work in which their personality is obscured.…