L C Tyler
Crime Writer
"Tyler juggles character story, wit and clever one-liners with perfect balance"
Marcel Berlins, The Times
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LATEST BOOKS BY L C TYLER |
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No 3 in the Elsie & Ethelred series. Winner of The Last Laugh Award Paperback out 1.7.11. |
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No 4 in the Elsie & Ethelred series Hardback out 1.7.11 |
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L C Tyler writes humorous novels. "The Herring Seller's Apprentice" and "Ten Little Herrings" were nominated for "Edgars" 2010 & 2011 & short listed for the "Last Laugh" Awards 2008 & 2010. "The Herring in the Library" won the "Last Laugh Award" 2011. Len grew up in Essex, and now lives in London, but he has spent a lot of his working life overseas in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Sudan, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland etc. Read More If you have a question for LC Tyler or would like him to take part in an event for your festival, bookshop or library then do get in touch with him via the CONTACT link and he will get back to you as soon as he can. |
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CURRENT BOOKS
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Coming soon. "The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9. See LC Tyler's "A Fair Deal"
Out now. " Guilty Consciences" an anthology of short stories edited by Martin Edwards for the CWA. Includes a short story, "Conned" by L C Tyler.
23.8.11. Latest podcast; LC Tyler & Simon Brett in "Summer of Crime" at Newcastle City Library. Click here.
Interview with LC Tyler for "The Book Fiends KIngdom" which raises funds for the care of adults with autism.
"The Herring in the Library" has won "The Last Laugh Award" for the best humorous crime novel of 2010, CrimeFest Bristol 2011
LC Tyler is long-listed for the prestigious CWA "Dagger in the Library" along with Macmillan writers Peter James & CJ Samson.
"Ten Little Herrings" is nominated for an "Edgar" 2011 (Best Paperback Original)
Ten Little Herrings"will be published as an Audiobook on 1.2.11
20.11.10. The Times Christmas Books; Marcel Berlin recommends "The Herring in the Library" as " a joy to read."
The Guardian, review of "The Herring in the Library". Click here
"Knitting Needles at Dawn"; Listen to this & other panels from Harrogate Crime Writing festival. Click here.
"The Herring-Seller's Apprentice" is nominated for a Barry Award 2010 in the best paperback original category.
2010 "Edgar Allan Poe Awards" ("The Herring-Seller's Apprentice" is nominated for the "best paperback original"
"The Herring Seller'a Apprentice" & "Ten Little Herrings" will be published in French In 2012 & 2013 by Sonatine Editions
"A Fair Deal", a short story, is published in the Sunday Express 28/2/10
"Stories of my life". L C Tyler. The Herald