M. W. Craven | Quick Fire Questions | Thriller Thursdays

For this week's Thriller Thursday I quizzed the one & only M. W. Craven with 21 quick-fire questions!

1. What is your 'if you don't like this, you can't be my friend' book? 

Watership Down by Richard Adams

2. A book you wish you had written...  Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

3. Left on a cliffhanger or all wrapped up? 

I like the books I read to be all wrapped up. 

The books I write? Well, that’s a different matter entirely . . .

4. If had to eat one meal forever it would be... Goat vindaloo

5. If someone were to play you in a movie who would you pick? 

The guy who played Jaws in the James Bond films

6. What is the first career you dreamed of as a kid? 

Author. Not kidding.

7. If you had to choose three words to describe yourself what would they be? 

What the hell?

8. Knowing what you know now, what would be one piece of advice you would give your 18-

year-old self? 

Don’t get that perm

9. One thing you are afraid of... Sultanas, hidden in my food.

10. A favourite song... The Talisman by Iron Maiden

11. Are you a morning or a night person? 

Both. My wife says it’s not natural

12. Tell us your favourite joke... What’s brown and sticky? A stick

13. Your favourite book as a kid... Watership Down by Richard Adams

14. Use one word to describe your computer ability... Poe-like

15. What was the last movie you watched? 

Ferry

16. Name one thing you couldn't live without... Open spaces

17. What is your favourite most underappreciated novel? 

Extracted by R.R. Haywood

18. What is your absolute biggest pet peeve? 

Caravans

19. On a scale of 1-10 how good are you at keeping secrets? 

12

20. A favourite beverage... Spun Gold (Carlisle Brewing Company)

21. Which 3 writers, living or dead, would you invite to dinner? 

Stephen King, Terry Pratchett and Carl Hiaasen.

Thanks, Mike it was an absolute pleasure! 

- I do want to see a picture of you with a perm though 🤣

His latest novel Dead Ground is out today, keep an eye out for my stop on the blog tour on the 12th *spoiler alert - it was funny, fast & absolutely fan-fucking-tastic!*

You guys can't wait till then, here are my reviews of the rest of the series...

  The Puppet Show, Black Summer & The Curator 😊