Lloyd Shepherd is a former journalist and digital producer who has worked for the Guardian, Channel 4, the BBC and Yahoo. He lives in South London with his family. The English Monster is his first novel.
Q. What is your motto or maxim?A. Shut up and deal with itQ. Who is your favorite fictional hero?A. Isabel ArcherQ. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?A. Honesty, cheerfulness, a fresh scentQ. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?A. DozingQ. How would you describe perfect happiness?A. On a beach, lost in a book while enjoying a cool gin and tonic with my wife, while my children swim in the sea.Learn more about Lloyd Shepherd
...6.30pm, £7.50 / £5). Four authors shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (Kerry Hudson, Lloyd Shepherd, Ros Barber and Patrick Flanery if you want specifics) are reading and chatting at Foyles (6.30pm, free). China Miéville...
...to rid myself of reviewer anxiety, is me. One of the best books I read during 2012 was Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster – and it violates each of the insidious little rules above. In fact, it transcended not just the array of sub-genres within...
...s tour de force The Marlowe Papers, which recounts the life and death of the poet-spy in verse; Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster, a rattling adventure of piracy and dockside murders that probes the sinister heart of Britain’s mercantile empire;...
...Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Thursday 25 April: John Berkavitch, Laurie Bulger and April resident poet Stephanie Dogfoot are the guests at Bang Said the Gun (8pm, £7 / £5). Will Self, Patrick Ness and...
...books they devoured. "A massive part of my teenage years. 23 novels, 54m books sold. Giant," wrote Lloyd Shepherd . That's how it was for me too. I think the first one of his novels I read, probably around 13 or 14, was the utterly disturbing The Magic...
...noting that the sound quality is not at all bad for a self-published audiobook. The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd (read by Steven Crossley) Whole Story (audiobook) In a heavy audiobook week (I've spent a lot of time on trains and buses),...
...when policing was in its infancy get to grips with a spate of riverside atrocities in Georgian London Lloyd Shepherd's haunting debut novel, The English Monster , took the notorious Ratcliffe Highway murders of 1811 and wove them into a chilling...
...6.30pm, £7.50 / £5). Four authors shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award (Kerry Hudson, Lloyd Shepherd, Ros Barber and Patrick Flanery if you want specifics) are reading and chatting at Foyles (6.30pm, free). China Miéville...
...to rid myself of reviewer anxiety, is me. One of the best books I read during 2012 was Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster – and it violates each of the insidious little rules above. In fact, it transcended not just the array of sub-genres within...
...Keysborough to extend the Chris Bryan-coached outfit's misery. Jordan Andrews booted four majors for the Wickers while Lloyd Shepherd and Madison Andrews were brilliant. Narre Warren flexed its muscle to account for ROC by 84 points with Kerem Baskaya...
...Keysborough to extend the Chris Bryan-coached outfit's misery. Jordan Andrews booted four majors for the Wickers while Lloyd Shepherd and Madison Andrews were brilliant. Narre Warren flexed its muscle to account for ROC by 84 points with Kerem Baskaya...
...of the Moon by I J Kay (Cape) Seldom Seen by Sarah Ridgard (Hutchinson) The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd (Simon & Schuster) dolmanprize.wordpress.com Independent...
...London-based artist Robert Rubbish and shows tonight at Rough Trade East. Free, just turn up, 7pm MONSTERS: Lloyd Shepherd, Amanda Craig, Suzi Feay, Emran Mian and Meike Ziervogel are reading about Monsters at the Working Men’s College Library...
...s tour de force The Marlowe Papers, which recounts the life and death of the poet-spy in verse; Lloyd Shepherd’s The English Monster, a rattling adventure of piracy and dockside murders that probes the sinister heart of Britain’s mercantile empire;...