As well as writing books, in 2018 I developed a new festival: Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival. Now in its 9th Year, Murder One returns to Dun Laoghaire 15th-18th October…it’s too good to miss!
I’m absolutely thrilled that Something Terrible Happened Last Night is going to be a Dublin Citywide Teen Read alongside Leon Diop’s fabulous memoir Mixed Up!
The Irish Murderesses WhatsApp group was originally started by a group of us who were going to the Harrogate Crime Festival, mainly to make sure
Simon Trewin was a dear friend as well as my agent, and his loss is devastating for everyone who knew him. The outpouring of love for him since his diagnosis with a horribly aggressive brain tumour at the end of March, has been incredible.
In a world of generative AI, recognising human creativity is vital #HumanAuthored The UK Society of Authors, in partnership with the US Authors Guild, launched the UK’s
Have you read the groundbreaking report launched by the SoA and partners about the impact of Gen AI – Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI? If you’re a creator, you need to – and join your union to add your voice…
Thank you so much to everyone who came to help me launch Your Every Move!! Here are some of the photos from the night!
Sam Blake’s new book Your Every Move is out now and was an instant No 1 bestseller, and it’s getting great reviews!
The Killing Sense is now out in shops in the handy paperback size, and it has the opening chapter of my January 2026 book Your Every Move in the back!
The Killing Sense has been shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year! I’m absolutely thrilled but it’s a very tough category so I’ll need ALL your votes to be in with a chance of winning!
For anyone who got a notification from Amazon that I have written a dark romantasy trilogy, I haven’t. Please don’t buy any of the books.
I’m delighted that The Killing Sense was in the Irish top ten for six weeks. What a lovely start to the year! Huge thanks to
The Killing Sense began life as a picture in my head of a woman with red hair on a train – the Eurostar. I’d discovered
Woo hoo! I really couldn’t believe it when Something’s About to Blow Up was announced as winner of the International Education Services Teen/YA Novel of
My next YA thriller Something’s About to Blow Up published May 23rd, and you can read the opening chapter here! If you prefer to see
Three Little Birds is getting incredible reader feedback and has spent six weeks in the Irish Times top 10! Here’s some of the coverage to
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, novelist and founder of writing.ie, takes over from Joanne Harris to begin two-year term as Chair of the SoA’s board of directors.
I’m utterly thrilled that Something Terrible Happened Last Night has been shortlisted for the Great Reads Awards AND shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Teen/YA book of the year – quite incredible!
Author Sarah Webb’s campaign Discover Irish Kids Books aims to get Irish books into the Irish children’s top ten bestseller list – which, she has realised, rarely features ANY Irish books.
National Crime Reading Month is quickly becoming an exciting and significant ‘festival’ that takes place in June every year, culminating with the hugely prestigious Daggers, the Crime Writers Association’s internationally recognised award at the beginning of July.
There isn’t a Young Adult only top 10 in the Irish bestseller lists – YA gets mixed with children’s books, but I’m thrilled that Something
There are just THREE WEEKS to go to the release of my YA debut Something Terrible Happened Last Night, and Gill Books have sent me an amazing video of it being printed!!
The Mystery of Four spent SEVEN weeks in the Irish top ten and has had fabulous reviews – here’s just some of the coverage.
I’ve been invited by some lovely radio and podcast hosts to talk to them about The Mystery of Four, plus I enjoyed a brilliant chat with Karen at the UK Crime Book Club on Facebook. I love how each of these are so different and dip into different aspect of my books and the story development in The Mystery of Four.
But every cloud has a silver lining – we both made the TV news in a whirlwind week!
It’s been in the shops for a few days, but the official release date is today! The Mystery of Four is already an Eason No 1 bestseller (yay!) and my 8th book to be published…
I’m absolutely thrilled that Remember My Name has been shortlisted for Irish Independent Crime Novel of the Year 2022 at the An Post Irish Book
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Sam Blake Readers’ Club is a very special group dedicated to lovers of crime fiction, a place where I can give you an exclusive look behind the scenes, previews of what’s coming and a chance to chat to me directly at special Readers’ Club events – both on and off-line. Wherever you are in the world, the Readers’ Club will have something for you.
I’m very excited that early copies of my new thriller THE MYSTERY OF FOUR, which will be hitting bookshops in January 2023, are arriving with
National Crime Reading Month, developed by author Sam Blake, has been hailed by the Crime Writers’ Association as the biggest campaign to date, as over 100 crime fiction events were hosted across the UK and Ireland this June.
Remember My Name hit the original fiction No 1 slot In Ireland and has had amazing press and PR – both in Ireland and the UK – here’s a selection!
I’ve been dying to share news of this – High Pressure is a very special new Sam Blake that is coming out as a digital exclusive on September 22nd (available for preorder now) – you don’t need to have read the others to enjoy it, but it’s a spiderweb book, connecting the Cat series books with the standalones, so if you have read other books, you’re in for a treat!
#IrelandReads is a fabulous public libraries initiative running in partnership with publishers, booksellers, authors and many others as part of the Government’s ‘Keep Well’ campaign. On
I’m absolutely thrilled with the response to The Dark Room, it’s hit the No 1 slot in Eason for THREE weeks in a row, and
Inspiration comes at the strangest times. I write when I’m on holiday (in fact I write ALL the time), and I was just finishing a