Kevin Wignall

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Profile Information:

Hometown:
England
About Me:
Er... I write books. What else would you want to know?
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.kevinwignall.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Apart from many of the people here, Graham Greene, Stephen Crane, Evelyn Waugh, Paul Bowles, Magnus Mills, Jane Austen, Louis Sachar, Kate Chopin, Gwendoline Riley, the good Lord Byron and many more I can't think of at the moment.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Movies - from The Awful Truth to King of New York, touching all bases between. I'll watch a bad film if it has Bill Murray or Christopher Walken in it.

TV... sort of everything and nothing.

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  • Pat Mullan

    Hello Kevin,

    Great hearing from you. Thanks for dropping in.

    Cheers, Pat.

    May 22, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    You're welcome, Pat, but you could've at least offered me a drink!

    May 22, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Are you talkin' to me? I don't see anyone else here. You talkin' to me?

    May 22, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Actually, Ray, I'm currently undergoing a programme of surgery to ensure that I do actually look like my photos from now on.

    May 22, 2007

  • Charlie Williams

    Good evening sir. May I suggest the Double Gloucester.

    May 22, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Mr Williams, it's strange, but your message feels very close, almost as if it's coming from just a few miles away...

    May 22, 2007

  • Pat Mullan

    ...what's the matter with me? You're right! Drinks are one me next time, Kevin! But let's close the bar before 4 am!

    Cheers, Pat.

    May 22, 2007

  • Tom Cain

    Thanks for the welcome - Harrogate it is!

    May 23, 2007

  • chelbel

    Hey and thanks for doing the friends thing! Your going to Harrogate then. I guess that means a few late nights in the bar..

    May 27, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Oh yes, tbe bar's the place to be. Mind you, Chelbel, I seem to remember you and Betty don't need any encouragement from me.

    May 27, 2007

  • Betty Duffy

    Hey up there Mr. Wignall, last year I was on ANTIBIOTICS so the drinks wer a fewer - however this year - there will be a crowd I see- wonderful

    May 31, 2007

  • Betty Duffy

    Why is there an x - I don't remember putting it there, and my spelling seems to be funy too!!!!

    May 31, 2007

  • James Twining

    Kevin - thanks for the heads up on crimespace! Love the photo

    Jun 3, 2007

  • chelbel

    No arm twisting needed. The bar was indeed the place to be last year.
    I just hope it's not as sticky hot.
    And if it is, i hope the windows aren't nailed shut this year...

    Jun 4, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Actually, I remember passing the Crown Hotel last year and it looked a little more inviting. Whatever, the key is to keep drinking - dehydration is your enemy.

    Jun 4, 2007

  • chelbel

    So true. Vodka & white is great to keep you cool!

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Vincent Holland-Keen

    I'm not sure if I like the way your photo is pointing at me.

    Though, on second thoughts, it could be pointing at the monkey on my right shoulder.

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    No, Vincent, it's pointing at you!

    Jun 5, 2007

  • Vincent Holland-Keen

    Well stop it! Doesn't your photo know it's rude to point?

    Jun 6, 2007

  • Tiffany Leigh

    Absolutely dug your book "People Die." Just saying hello.

    Jun 11, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Thanks, Tiffany, very cool of you to say so.

    Jun 12, 2007

  • Theo Gangi

    Thanks, Kevin, good to meet you.

    Jun 19, 2007

  • Donna Moore

    Kevin - you're more than welcome. I loved it. And y reviewlet doesn't do it justice.

    Jun 20, 2007

  • Jason Starr

    Kevin, You mean you don't recognize me?

    Jun 21, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    You've cut your hair, Jason, that's what it is!

    Jun 21, 2007

  • charles thiesen, the only god on ning

    Christopher Walken as King of New York rocks!

    Jun 22, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Amen!

    Jun 22, 2007

  • LaTanya Pattillo

    Ahh-the King of New York. I can't say anymore about it!!!

    Jun 22, 2007

  • Joan Conwell

    Just read your lovely story, "The Window." The relationship between the assasssin and the woman reminds me so much of Robert Ludlum!

    Jun 23, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Thanks Joan. I've never read Ludlum but you're not the first to suggest a comparison. I think someone said, like Ludlum but shorter (referring to the books - I am of course taller than Ludlum, and indeed, still alive).

    Jun 23, 2007

  • Dave Zeltserman

    Ken, thanks for the invite. I guess we've both done our part to reveal a more sordid side of Vermont.--Dave

    Jun 25, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Thanks, Dave. I'm assuming that you meant to call me Kevin, although a surprising number of people in the crime community accidentally call me Ken - do they secretly wish I was Ken Bruen? Bizarrely, Amazon Japan even lists my books as being collaborations between Kevin Wignall and Ken Wignall.

    Jun 25, 2007

  • Dave Zeltserman

    Kevin, sorry man, typed too fast and flew past the "vi"--Dave

    Jun 26, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Serendipity - in that it reminds me to say you should also get in touch with Ken B, re. fellow noir writers.

    Jun 26, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Great back-and-forth on your EQMM thread, Kevin. Have you ever submitted to those annual MWA anthologies?

    Jul 6, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    I haven't Brian, and wonder if you have to be a member of MWA to do so (and indeed, if you have to be American to be a member of MWA).

    It's been an interesting discussion on the forum, and in fact, just about to reply to your last comment...

    Jul 6, 2007

  • Karen Meek

    How did you manage that! (get back to Tewks) I thought it was cut off. Well done in any case. My train to Bham was deserted compared to standing room only on Rhian's London train.

    See what you mean about the picture :-), glad Donna pointed you out.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Hmm, I have to get some work done so I actually look like my own picture!

    Got a train to Birmingham and hired a cab to take me the rest of the way, but it's pretty wild down here.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Hi Kevin - good to meet you, too! Harrogate was great fun, wasn't it? My first such experience - but hopefully not my last. Besides, I owe you a drink. Cheers!

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Jools, "everyone" owes me a drink but don't worry, I never collect on them! Hopefully by next year you'll be well on the road to publication.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Vincent Holland-Keen

    I read somewhere that you made it back okay, though from watching the news this morning it looks as if the water problems in your part of the world are being surpassed by a spontaneous flood of journalists.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Tom Cain

    Thanks for introducing me to the fabulous Ms Barclay and what Germain Greer would call her 'f*ck-me pumps'. What a woman! I fear my marriage may now be in serious danger. Or, at least, it would be if Ms Barclay - alias Mrs (I think??) Williams - showed any signs of wanting to endanger hers ...

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Tom, you're more than welcome.... but surely that's not your only memory from Harrogate!

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Vincent, I have to say, the biggest single complaint everyone keeps making is not about the flood waters (which we're used to, if not quite at this level), but the constant buzz of helicopters, most of which are full of news crews.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Linda Lee

    Kevin, have lent your book to several of my customers "For the Dogs" Getting great comments back....they are loving it.

    Oct 4, 2007

  • Joanne Parker

    Is it me, or are you just everywhere I look?

    Oct 4, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Linda, thanks, that really kind of you - can a New Zealand tour be far off?!?

    And Jo, how did it happen? I try to hide away but I can't help making an exhibition of myself.

    Oct 4, 2007

  • Linda Lee

    I now know who Conrad Hirst is!! He is 50% Kevin Wignall and 50% Jason Bourne!! Great read....well done you!
    x

    Nov 29, 2007

  • Kevin Wignall

    Thanks, Linda, glad you enjoyed it. I hope Conrad gets his height from me and his fitness from Jason Bourne...

    Nov 29, 2007

  • Tiffany Leigh

    Just finished -- and absolutely LOVED -- "Who Is Conrad Hirst?" Excellent story and characters. Loved your way through the narrative with the voice changes, and that there wasn't a wasted word in the entire book. Thank you!

    Jan 17, 2008