Adam Croft

Adam Croft is an English writer of crime fiction. He is a self-published author[1][2][3][4] and is an advocate of independent publishing.

Adam Croft
NationalityBritish
GenreCrime, thriller, mystery

Work

Writing

Croft has written more than twenty books, including the Knight & Culverhouse crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He has hit the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow.[5][6] Although he had been writing and self-publishing professionally for five years when Her Last Tomorrow was released, it was this book that brought him international attention.[7][8] He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts.[9]

As an advocate of self-publishing, he has often spoken out about the negative sides of traditional publishing[10] and in 2012 he responded angrily to Sue Grafton's comments that self-publishing was disrespectful and lazy. Grafton later apologised for her comments.[11]

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature".[12]

In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland.[13]

Personal life

Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.[7]

Bibliography

Knight & Culverhouse

  • Too Close for Comfort (2011)
  • Guilty as Sin (2011)
  • Jack Be Nimble (2015)
  • Rough Justice (2015)
  • In Too Deep (2016)
  • In the Name of the Father (2016)
  • With A Vengeance (2017)
  • Dead & Buried (2018)
  • In Plain Sight (2019)

Rutland crime series

  • What Lies Beneath (2020)
  • On Borrowed Time (2020)
  • In Cold Blood (28 May 2021)
  • Kiss of Death (2022)
  • Moment of Truth (2022)

Kempston Hardwick Mysteries

  • Exit Stage Left (2011)
  • The Westerlea House Mystery (2013)
  • Death Under the Sun (2014)
  • The Thirteenth Room (2015)
  • The Wrong Man (2019)

Psychological thrillers

  • Her Last Tomorrow (2015)
  • Only the Truth (2017)
  • In Her Image (2017)
  • Tell Me I'm Wrong (2018)
  • The Perfect Lie (2019)
  • Closer To You (2020)

Sam Barker

  • Absolution (2019)
  • Betrayal (2020)

Short Stories

  • Gone (2016)
  • Love You To Death (2017)
  • The Harder They Fall (2017)

Plays

  • Sleeping Dogs (2014)
  • Curtain Up! (2015)
  • Home, Sweet Home (2015)

References
  1. "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. "Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller | The Reading Lists". The Reading Lists. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. Pulham, Alice (26 January 2019). "Meet this independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Nachiappan, Arthi. "Authors write their own happy ending with success of self‑published ebooks". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. "Knight & Culverhouse Box Set". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  6. "Her Last Tomorrow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. Flood, Alison (2 June 2016). "From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. "'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  9. "'Adam Croft's author page| Lazy Bee Scripts". www.lazybeescripts.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  10. "How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened". The Guardian. 13 June 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  11. Flood, Alison (29 August 2012). "Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  12. "Graduations continue at Bedfordshire - beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire".
  13. "Rutland is at the centre of crime fiction series". Stamford Mercury. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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