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Lloyd Shepherd
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Lloyd Shepherd

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.

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My life in 8 words: "Writing, shopping, cooking, reading, walking, parenting, listening, watching"
The Poisoned Island will be released on September 26, 2013 in Mass Market Paperback
May 17, 2013
The Poisoned Island will be released on February 28, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2013
The Poisoned Island is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2013
The English Monster will be released on September 27, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
Sep 27, 2012
The English Monster is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Sep 27, 2012
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The English Monster will be released on March 01, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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The English Monster is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 01, 2012
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Shut up and deal with it Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Isabel Archer Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Honesty, cheerfulness, a fresh scent Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Dozing Q. 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

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Londonist, May 8, 2013
...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...
Nudge, May 7, 2013
...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...
The Independent, April 30, 2013
...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;...
Londonist, April 24, 2013
...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...
Guardian.co.uk, March 21, 2013
...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...
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2013
...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),...
Guardian.co.uk, March 15, 2013
...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...
Londonist, May 8, 2013
...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...
Nudge, May 7, 2013
...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...
Casey Weekly Cranbourne, May 6, 2013
...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...
Casey Weekly, May 6, 2013
...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...
Booktrade - Book2Book, May 1, 2013
...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...
Londonist, May 1, 2013
...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...
The Independent, April 30, 2013
...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;...