Mr Ed Halliday

Ed Halliday is not your usual writer of dark humorous thrillers. It has often been remarked by agents and reviewers alike that his style of writing is unusual but in a refreshing and entertaining way. There is no rambling prose put there just for the sake of filling pages and therefore fulfilling the page count criteria of a publisher, every word is there for a purpose. This is why his stories make engaging writing that keeps you turning the pages. The reason his style is so different to most is simple. He has had no formal training whatsoever, no writers workshops, no degree in creative writing, not even an ’A’ level in English. Everything that goes onto the page is untainted by the restrictive rigours imposed by years of being told how to write, it is done by instinct and a desire to produce something that he himself would enjoy reading. Born in the industrial north of England in the late sixties, Ed spent the formative years of his childhood in France where he was educated in the French state system before finishing his education in an English boarding school. He has recently returned to France to live and to write, hence the frequent references in his books to the country of his childhood.

According to Ed, being entertained by a book shouldn't be a chore, it should be a pleasure!

His published books to date are: THE EXPECTED DEMISE OF BERNARD FISH, THE GRINNING DOG, BURNT TOAST AND BENT NOSES and THE ALMOST PERFECT PLOT. PIGS IN PARADISE, BREAKFAST AT SID'S and most recently THE MAGIC INGREDIENT