Flaming Nora

I'm delighted to say that my cosy crimes set in Scarborough have been shortlisted in the prestigious Dead Good Books Readers awards 2022.  I'm in the category of   New Kid on the Block Award   for   Best New Series.  This award is for a first-class series with no more than three instalments on the shelves. I'm up against bestsllers Richard Osman and Val McDermid and so I need every single vote you can give, please. VOTE HERE Thank you! __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

It's competition time and you can win one of my books, any that you choose, along with a bar of dark chocolate orange and free bookmarks too. Good luck!  Here's the competition below. Deadline for entries is Friday 1 July 2022 at 5pm. UK entries only please. Loading… __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

This week I've been continuing to write my third cosy crime novel set in Scarborough - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel .  I'm over half way through writing my first draft, although there's still a way to go. Bedale Community Library in Yorkshire sent me this picture of my novels on their shelves - how wonderful is that! Also this week, Saint Paul's church fayre took place in Ryhope. I always donate a box of books to the fayre, but this time the vicar asked if I would attend to sign books and meet people too. I was happy to oblige and had a wonderful day, with all profits going to the church. The vicar, Rev. Chadwick, has always been helpful with my research for my Ryhope novels. I was given a wonderful mention in this article on cosy crimes in the Belfast Telegrah by author E D Thompson, as part of National Crime Reading Month  While in Sunderland city centre this week, I called into Waterstones (in The Bridges shopping centre) and signed all of my cosy crimes and sagas...

Well, this is exciting!  I can finally reveal the title of my next Ryhope saga, coming 2023 and published by Headline.  The Sixpenny Orphan : A dramatically heartwrenching saga of two sisters, torn apart by tragic events.  Pre-order now. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Always an honour to work in the Catherine Cookson room at The Word (National Centre for the Written Word) in South Shields. I was invited to present a session on writing short stories for magazines. Although I was very nervous about my first "teaching session", I prepared a lot in advance, it went really well and I received excellent feedback. Phew! Christmas came early to our house this week. My new banner arrived, for talks about my next Ryhope saga set in 1923. It's out in ebook, hardback, audiobook in August, paperback in November. It's my favourite book of them all. Pre-order now at bit.ly/AMothersChristmasWish This week I also gave a talk about my books to Ryhope Heritage Society at Ryhope community centre. An amazing afternoon. Quote of the day! "My wife loves your books. She's read them all on Tinder." Join me on Monday 20th June at 7pm in Sunderland for a talk on my cosy crimes set in Scarborough! Part of National Crime Reading Month and all det...

At one of my recent author talks, many in the group had read my books and some  hadn't.  The group was made up of mainly ladies and there were two men... and both men asked me the same question.  "I'm a man, will I enjoy your books?" The answer is of course, yes. While the books are in the saga genre, traditionally marketed to women, there's no reason at all why the stories I write can't appeal to both men and women. They're strong stories, dramatic, with fantastic characters - men and women - who leap off the page to stake their claim in your thoughts, your heart. Here are some snippets from Amazon reviews which have been posted by men, which I hope you might enjoy reading.   Martin the Manc. 5 stars: " As a middle-aged man, I am possibly not the typical reader either the author or the publishers had in mind for this saga of life in a Sunderland village around a century ago. But Glenda Young's debut novel is so well-written and her...

This week I've been working hard on writing my third cosy crime novel Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel  and am now a third of the way through writing the first draft. There's still a long way to go but hopefully I should have the first draft complete in August before I start cutting and editing.    I also spent a lot of this week finalising my notes and presentation for the writing session I've been invited to give at The Word in South Shields this Saturday and on Saturday 25 June. All details here. My sagas, cosy crimes and weekly soap opera Riverside were featured in The Journal newspaper this week, what a joy! I also had a meeting in London this week. Popped into the bookshop where I spent many lunchtimes browsing the shelves while working in London for 10 years. - Waterstones on Gower Street in Bloomsbury. I was delighted to see my northern, gritty sagas on the shelves and the bookseller even asked me to sign them!  South Tyneside Libraries recommended my cosy...

June is National Crime Reading Month and I'm delighted to be a part of it with a talk on my cosy crimes on June 20th. You can find out more here . Waterstones in Scarborough and in Sunderland have excelled themselves this week, I'm in awe at how much they support my books. Here's Waterstones Scarborough with both my paperback cosy crime and the new one in hardback, along with an invitation to the book launch on August 6. And my book is proving one of the bestsellers in Waterstones Scarborough too! And here is Sunderland Waterstones, where Murder at the Seaview Hotel was book of the month for May 2022 and wrapped in a gorgeous ribbon. And here's the stunning display of my two cosy crimes in Sunderland Waterstones too. Honestly, it made me cry. Here is an audio teaser of Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, read by Colleen Prendergast. This is us, starting your week off right, with an audio teaser of @flaming_nora 's Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, read by Colleen...