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Thursday 10 May
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Internationally bestselling crime writer Peter James makes his living exposing the murky underbelly beneath the postcard-perfect facade of seaside Brighton. His Roy Grace series draws on the forensic know-how James gathers as an embedded police observer; for years, he’s spent an average of one day a week with the Sussex Police.
In Not Dead Yet, a rock superstar is shadowed by a stalker’s death threats, as she films the movie she hopes will transform her into a serious actress, on location in Brighton. Meanwhile, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, finally happy in his home life, is watching the nightmare unfold, as the stalker waits for their moment.
Peter James spent the first part of his career in the film business, as a writer and producer, giving him juicy insights into the world of fame and the machinations of Hollywood.
Peter will talk to true crime author Rochelle Jackson, aficionado of all things grisly.
Featuring
Rochelle Jackson
Rochelle Jackson is an investigative journalist and TV producer who has worked in Australia’s electronic media all her life. She has worked for the Nine Network, Channel 7, ABC Television, SBS and TV NZ.
Rochelle won a Special Citation for a Channel 7 story in the United Nations Association of Australia’s Media Peace Awards 1996 and was part of the ABC Investigators team that won a TV Week Logie Award for a report on the NSW Homefund Scheme.
She specialises in crime/police stories and her latest book, Partners and Crime: The True Stories of Eight Women and Life with Their Notorious Men (Allen & Unwin) was published in February 2012. Rochelle’s second book, Inside their Minds: Australian Criminals (Allen & Unwin) was published in 2008. In Your Face: The Life and Times of Billy ‘The Texan’ Longley (ABC Books) was released during 2005.
Rochelle is a freelance journalist and currently resides in Melbourne.
Peter James
Peter James is one of the UK’s most treasured crime and thriller novelists.
His Roy Grace detective novels have sold over one and a half million in the UK alone and five million worldwide in total. The series is now translated into 33 languages.
He has developed a close working relationship with the Sussex Police over many years, spending an average of one day a week with them and his writing reveals a unique insight into the reality of modern day police work. He has also carried out extensive research with police in Moscow, Munich, Paris, Melbourne, Sweden, New York and Romania, as well as attending international police conferences to ensure he is at the cutting edge of investigative police work.
An established film producer and script writer, Peter has produced numerous films, including The Merchant Of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. A TV adaptation of the Roy Grace series is currently in development, with Peter overseeing all aspects, including the scriptwriting. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Brighton in recognition of his services to literature and the community.
Peter is now a member of the Sussex Police Rape Prevention Team and writing and producing a video for them for schools and YouTube that will warn teenage girls of the potential date rape situations they could find themselves in.
Born and brought up in Brighton, Peter divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London and on the South Downs near Lewes in Sussex.