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How a book in a shop window turned me into a writer of true stories (opens the original)
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One day, when I was seven, I was in town with my Mum shopping. We walked past the town’s bookshop.In the window was this book. The face on the cover caught my eye. I recognised the face.The A-B-C of Writing True Stories is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary
Why a great nonfiction story never really ends (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowFive years ago I published my true crime book The Jigsaw Murders. This is the thing about writing nonfiction compared to novels — the interest in your book’s subject matter never truly dies away, assuming you’ve chosen the right subject.So it has proved for me with The Jigsaw Murders. The book’s subtitle is: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics.<a class=
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