Richard Crompton

Richard Crompton
Born Manchester
Occupation Author, Journalist
Language English
Nationality British
Genre Crime Fiction
Notable works Hour of the Red God (US)/The Honey Guide (UK), Hell's Gate
Website
richardcrompton.com

Richard Crompton is a Manchester-born British journalist, and author of crime fiction featuring Mollel, a Maasai detective in Kenya.[1]

Crompton, a former journalist for the BBC, moved Kenya in 2005[2] with his wife, a human rights lawyer, who took up a job to prosecute the perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide.[3] In 2007 Crompton covered the post-election violence in Kenya for CNBC.[4] In 2010 Crompton won the Daily Telegraph ghost story competition with his short story inspired by Facebook titled Friends.[1][2] In 2013 his first novel was published as The Honey Guide in the UK/Commonwealth and Hour of the Red God in US/Canada.[1] The novel features Detective Mollel, a Maasai police detective with the Kenyan CID.

List of Crompton's works

  • The Honey Guide in the UK/Commonwealth and Hour of the Red God in US/Canada
  • Hell's Gate

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vincent, Alice (26 Sep 2013). "Richard Crompton: 'Kenyans tell me, this is the story of our city'". Telegraph UK. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Author's bio". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Profile of Richard Crompton". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Murder in Kenya: PW Talks With Richard Crompton". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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