sue neale

Female

oxford

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Hometown:
village near Oxford, UK
About Me:
Although I enjoy reading a variety of crime fiction, I have been particularly interested in translated novels, when not reading French. I am currently working on a PhD at Warwick University on Fred Vargas, but also reading other contemporary French women crime writers. I am also responsible for the British part of the Europolar.eu website. I am always looking for articles on politically and socially engaged British crime fiction - so do get in touch if you feel inspired to contribute a review or critique.
I Am A:
Reader, Writer
Website:
http://europolar.eu
Books And Authors I Like:
Fred Vargas and other French writers - Dominique Manotti, Claude Amoz. Steig Larsson, Arnuldur Indridason, and other Nordic writers.
Translated European crime fiction.

Comment Wall:

  • Barbara Fister

    Your research sounds fascinating! I'm pleased that more US publishers are publishing translations. I think they felt we were too provincial until Mankell proved them wrong.

    Jul 5, 2007

  • Karen from AustCrime

    Hi Sue - since your post about translations I've been meaning to drop by - sounds like we might share some tastes in books :)

    Jul 6, 2007

  • Barbara Fister

    I was recently sent an advanced reader copy of the US edition of Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand - it should be out from Penguin here in August. I need to get cracking on my review for Mystery Scene ...

    Jul 7, 2007

  • sue neale

    Hope you enjoy it. Although I have read it twice in French, I am rereading in English to see how it reads and also because I want to give a paper on it. Most attendees don't read French so I am limiting myself to the four that have been translated. Have you read the others?

    Jul 7, 2007

  • JackBludis

    Great English background ... Oxford, eh? A professor?

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Pari Noskin Taichert

    Very cool to learn about your work, Sue.

    I hope to hear more about it here.

    As an interesting aside, one of Mankell's translators lives in Albuquerque. He and his wife both work in the profession and it's fascinating to hear their stories.

    I've done a little translation and it's tremendously difficult to honor the tone of the original piece. So difficult, in fact, that I don't even attempt it anymore.

    Jul 7, 2007

  • Karen from AustCrime

    Hi Sue

    Sydney's quite a distance from Melbourne - about 1 hour's flying time - but if you happen to swing through Melbourne - let me know.

    In terms of our local writers - you can't go past the marvellous Peter Temple, Garry Disher, Shane Maloney, Leigh Redhead, Katherine Howell, Adrian Hyland, and many more - if you wander over to my site http://www.austcrimefiction.org it will give you some lists to be going on with.

    Regards Karen C

    Jul 8, 2007

  • Barbara Fister

    I'm halfway through Vargas's Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand and enjoying it a lot. I read Seeking Whom He May Devour first, and wasn't at all impressed. I think the difference for me is that there's much more of Adamsberg in this one, and it takes a more centralized point of view to buy into her rather strange world. For me, anyway.

    Jul 10, 2007

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Hello Sue, thanks for the kind words on Crimespace. If you'd like a quick description of it, you can find that on the front page near the top left. There is also a press release that you can use, complete with logo.

    Crimespace has a number of European members on board, but it would always be great to see more!

    Jul 11, 2007

  • Donna Moore

    Thanks for the invite Sue - you live in a lovely part of the country.

    Jul 12, 2007

  • Pat Mullan

    Hello Sue,

    Greetings from Connemara - your next door neighbour :-) :-) :-)

    Slan, Pat.

    Jul 12, 2007

  • Tom Cain

    If you like Fred Vargas, you should have heard her speech at the Crime Writers Association dinner last week. Well,, 'speech' isn't quite the right word, more a long - oh, so lo-o-o-ong - surrealist ramble that had the audience wondering whether she was drunk, stoned or just nuts. She was, however, VERY funny and, amazingly, got away with what was, essentially, a 15-minute stand-up show. Anyway, many thanks for inviting me - happy to accept.

    Jul 12, 2007

  • Thomas Bauduret

    Fred Vargas is a really nice person, and her sister too — a really talented artist. Haven't heard about this CWA speech though, I hardly knew she was tranbslated into English. Ever tried Brigitte Aubert ? She's another of my favourite…
    And yes, M. Hatadi, I'm from Ye Olde Europe. Cheers !

    Jul 12, 2007

  • Donna Moore

    Sue - I shall be in Harrogate. Look out for a redhead with a crutch :o)

    Jul 14, 2007

  • Karen Meek

    Hi Sue, nice to meet you at Harrogate and look forward to the write-up on europolar.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Anne Brooke

    Thanks for the add, Sue - hope you're okay in Oxfordshire - these floods are terrible ...

    Hugs

    A
    xxx

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Donna Moore

    Sue - it was lovely to see you...if very briefly. I looked for you again over the weekend but couldn't see you in all the mass of faces! In answer to your question about foreign conventions the panels are quite similar in that some are good, some are bad. The best ones for me are where the moderator takes a back seat and where they vary the questions and do not just go straight down the line asking the same question to each panelist one after the other. Most of the other conventions I have been to tend to have 2 or 3 tracks going, so there are a couple of panel choices each session. This means that the sessions are not so full and a bit more intimate.

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Tom Cain

    Sue .. hope you enjoy Accident Man (which should still be available at paperback-style prices, on discount at Waterstones, Tesco, etc) ... I'll have my news from harrogate typed up in a day or two and on my blog ...

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Lyn LeJeune

    Oh please, how was Harrogate? My dream is to go and take my book. My book, The Beatitudes, is a paranormal thriller set in New Orleans. It will be out in the fall and I am donating all royalties directly to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation. Libraries support the infrastructure of a great city, so I have started The Beatitudes Network to promote awareness of the importance of public libraries in NOLA.
    The blogsite www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com describes the Network, has excerpts from The Beatitudes, recipes, and more. Merci mille fois. Lyn Lejeune.
    Writers, please pass the word…..it’s for a good cause….don’t let the libraries of New Orleans or the US go the way of The Great Library of Alexandria. P.S. just posted an excerpt on my page here on crimespace.

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Delphine Cingal

    Should you decide to write your PhD on Fred Vargas, I'll get you in touch with her. She is a good friend of mine. I also know Daeninckx fairly well and have his email address. Don't hesitate t stay in touch.

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Lyn LeJeune

    Okay, that does it...I'm planning Harrogate for next year. I just signed with an agent last week who is based in Ireland. Not for The Beatitudes and The Beatitudes Network, but for a thriller about poker, specicially Texas Hold'em. It was fun to write and I visited the casinos along the Gulf Coast and learned how to play!

    Aug 19, 2007

  • Lyn LeJeune

    Sue-Greetings: Just to let you know that my New Orleans noir mystery, The
    Beatitudes, has received 5 starred reviews! I am donating all royalties to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation to help rebuild the public libraries. I have posted Chapter I on my blog www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com. Please read and if you like it, help rebuild a library for NOLA. Thank you Lyn LeJeune

    Oct 24, 2007

  • helen black

    Hi.
    Would you go to Harrogate again#.
    My publishers have suggested I go but I don't wnat to be a Johnny no mates.
    HB x

    Jan 18, 2008