P. J. Brooke

P.J. Brooke in Biblocafe, Glasgow.

P.J. Brooke is the writing name of Philip James O'Brien and Jane Brooke. As P.J. Brooke they have written two contemporary crime thrillers set in Granada, Spain, featuring sub-Inspector Max Romero.

Writing fiction

Philip O'Brien started writing fiction after the death of his first wife. Jane Brooke got involved, commenting on exercises prepared for his creative writing class at Glasgow University, and then taking a more active role.[1] Blood Wedding, their first novel, was published in 2008 by Constable & Robinson in UK and Soho Press in the USA, and a second novel, A Darker Night, is scheduled for publication in July 2010.

Bibliography

Fiction (as P.J. Brooke)

  • Blood Wedding, P.J. Brooke, Constable & Robinson London and Soho Press, New York. 2008.
  • A Darker Night, P.J. Brooke, Constable & Robinson London and Soho Press, New York. 2010.

Non Fiction

  • Allende's Chile, ed by Philip O'Brien, Praeger New York,1976
  • Chile: State and Revolution, I.Roxborough, P. O'Brien and J.Roddick, MacMillan, London 1976, Holmes and Meier, New York, 1977.
  • Chile:The Pinochet Decade, P.O'Brien and J.Roddick, Latin American Bureau, London 1983
  • Generals in Retreat, ed by P.O'Brien and P. Cammack, Manchester University Press.1985
  • Housing and the Environment: The New Agenda, Bhatti, Brooke and Gibson, Chartered Institute of Housing, London.1992

References

  1. ↑ http://www.Living.scotsman.com/features/Partners-in-crime.4773007.jp
  1. P.J.Brooke official website
  2. Interview with Philip O'Brien and Jane Brooke "The Scotsman" 9 December 2008
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.