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. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?A. Eric CantonaQ. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?A. John Locke. I would thank him for the precision and enormity of his thinking, and I would then ask him how such an intellect could ever support the institution of human slavery.Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?A. Pet peevesQ. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?A. Honesty, cheerfulness, a fresh scentLearn more about Lloyd Shepherd
...life with stunning reality. Verdict: Historical murder mystery with supernatural themes. A cracking read. The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd is published by Simon & Schuster, price $29.99. NEW CAIRNS.COM.AU COMMENT POLICY We welcome your comments on...
... Three debut authors gather at Bookseller Crow on the Hill to read from their work and chat: hear Lloyd Shepherd , Will Wiles (formerly of these parts) and Sophia Blackwell (7.30pm, free). Steve Tasane, Amy McAllister, Lizelah Thaugally and Patric...
...crimes of 19th Century London until a certain Jack came along. On the 200th anniversary of the murders, Lloyd Shepherd uses his debut novel to pick apart the investigation, while building up a fictitious back-story that spans centuries and continents. ...
...Authors and publishers usually do not like the idea of having their books pirated. But when author� Lloyd Shepherd linking to a request for an eBook version of his book on file sharing site Mobilism, he decided to respond directly. In an essay in the...
...which a user was asking other users for a pirated copy of his book The English Monster, author Lloyd Shepherd decided to respond to the reader seeking the illicit material. He explained that he was the author and asked the user to explain his behavior....
...topic should be the perfect prescription. (If symptoms persist, please consult actual doctor.) Add you suggestion • Books: Lloyd Shepherd's top 10 weird histories - Lloyd Shepherd, author of The English Monster, chooses his favourite weird...
...12, 2012 at a local nursing home. Mrs. Praker was born February 23, 1916 to the late Hugh Lloyd Shepherd and Alice Azalee (Hartt) Shepherd in Garrison, Texas. She was married to Russell Joseph Praker on April 17, 1937. Mrs. Praker was an elementary...
... Three debut authors gather at Bookseller Crow on the Hill to read from their work and chat: hear Lloyd Shepherd , Will Wiles (formerly of these parts) and Sophia Blackwell (7.30pm, free). Steve Tasane, Amy McAllister, Lizelah Thaugally and Patric...
...Lloyd Shepherd, author of The English Monster, chooses his favourite weird histories, from Never Let Me Go to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I've long been intrigued by the idea...
...Lloyd Shepherd is a writer whose first novel, The English Monster , is set in Regency-era Wapping and based on the Ratcliffe Highway murders. Here he takes us on a tour of...
...To the plot then. Or to be precise, the plots. The first (chronologically, at least) concerns a young man named Billy Ablass who, in 1564, heads to Plymouth to seek his fortune at sea. Taken on by one John Hawkyns, Ablass soon discovers that not...
...cobblestones, hansom cabs and pea-soupers on the page as there are on a Sunday evening on the BBC. Lloyd Shepherd takes as his starting point the true-life murder of the Marr and Williamson families in the East End of London in 1811. One winter night, a...
...• The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend • The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd Non-fiction • Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd • The Ecstasy of Influence: Non-fictions, etc. by Jonathan Lethem • Wired for Culture by Mark...