Hello, I\u2019m Alastair Gunn. I\u2019m really pleased you\u2019ve chosen to visit my website. You can contact me in various ways via this site. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts, and I\u2019ll reply to everyone (although it may take me a little while).<\/p>\n
.<\/span><\/p>\n So thanks very much for your support, and I\u2019d better return the compliment by telling you some stuff about me. Firstly, Alastair Gunn is my real name, despite people in the industry telling me I couldn\u2019t have chosen a better one for writing crime. I\u2019m immensely proud to have\u00a0released\u00a0four books (so far) with Penguin. You can keep up with events by liking\u00a0my Facebook author page, or following me on Twitter (@alastair_gunn).<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n I’ve always loved telling stories. At school I spent hours creating my own magazines and comics, so perhaps it’s no surprise that\u00a0I ended up as a writer, where my career began\u00a0in motor journalism. If you were a regular reader of car magazines\u00a0in the mid-noughties\u00a0(Auto Express, Car, What Car, Revs, etc), you might remember my efforts.<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n My time in journalism was never dull, but it ended abruptly when my resident magazine closed down. This left me with a choice: either continue chasing a shrinking industry around the country, or indulge the itch I\u2019d been ignoring for something with more creative freedom, and write a book. I made that decision at a friend’s wedding in November 2005 (I still remember the slightly inebriated moment). The\u00a0seven years after that were filled with research, writing, submitting various drafts to dozens of literary agencies, getting their feedback and refining my work, submitting it all over again, and eventually ending up with something that hooked the interest of my agent. Things moved pretty quickly from there. I signed with Penguin four months later, and my first book was on its way into print less than a year after that.<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n I read as much as I can,\u00a0as many different genres as possible, and\u00a0I rarely fail to finish any book (even if I\u2019m not enjoying it). I think a writer can learn as much about what not to do from a bad book as they can about what works from a good one. I still remember the\u00a0 lessons I learned from reading fantastic books like Tom Rob Smith\u2019s Child 44<\/i>, Douglas Hill\u2019s Last Legionary<\/i> series (my childhood favourites), and Steven Baxter\u2019s Sci-Fi anthology. I love Formula One and, according to various authorities, at least, I qualify as a true petrol head, because I’m already on my third Alfa Romeo.<\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n My ultimate aim when I write is to create something accessible and exciting, regardless of the subject matter. If the story itself is good enough, it shouldn\u2019t matter whether you\u2019re into a particular genre, or how familiar you are with the time and place in which a book is set. It all comes back to humanity in the end, and that\u2019s what I enjoy exploring. If that philosophy makes sense to you, I have some books you might enjoy. Click the ‘Books’ tab in the menu bar to see\u00a0my top recommendations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, I\u2019m Alastair Gunn. I\u2019m really pleased you\u2019ve chosen to visit my website. You can contact me in various ways via this site. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts, and I\u2019ll reply to everyone (although it may take me a little while). . So thanks very much for your support, and I\u2019d better return the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alastairgunn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}