JAMES McGEE

RSF Militia - Khartoum April 2023 The above quote came from my agent when I e-mailed him a synopsis and the manuscript of my latest novel The Salma Option back in March 2022. Oh, and he also confessed, after some time had passed, that he 'didn't know the market' for the type of story it was, or rather is. Which goes some way to explain why I had to resort to getting the thing published through Amazon's Create Space/Kindle programme rather than my up-until-then regular publi

If you're reading this, quite frankly, it's a bloody miracle. No, seriously. Whenever I was engaged in penning one of Hawkwood's adventures I was invariably asked what I enjoyed most about writing historical fiction. My flip response was always that, unlike a contemporary storyline, you weren't likely to be overtaken by current events. Boy, was I ever proved right... If you've purchased, pilfered or even pawned The Salma Option and taken the trouble to read it, or even if,

This is a slightly extended version of the Author's Note that I've included in the paperback and Kindle editions of the novel, in that it provides links to the publications I used for reference, as well as sites pertinent to the story. Click on the images if you would like to visit them. I confess I'd never heard of Zakouma National Park until I read Poached, journalist Rachel Love Nuwers' cracking account of her investigation into the world of wildlife trafficking. I'd been

So there I was, about to partake of my morning coffee when I opened my e-mail to find a very nice message from Caroline Eliasson at...

Over the past couple of months, I've received some very nice e-mails from readers asking if there's another Hawkwood novel on the way...

Well, whaddya know, those very nice people at HarperCollins have nominated The Reckoning for the CWA Historical Dagger Award..! The...

Came across a fascinating news article on the BBC website a couple of days ago explaining how modern doctors have confirmed a diagnosis...

Just before the The Blooding was published Waterstones asked me to write a blog entry for their website explaining how I came up with the...