Come and meet MANDASUE HELLER author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller AFRAID as she talks about her 15th book book – a gripping urban thriller set in Manchester’s gritty criminal underworld – RUN – here in Halton.
She is coming to Widnes Library on Thursday 9 February. But to hear her talk, you need to book in advance.
From the back streets of Manchester to the nightclubs and penthouses of the beautiful people, Mandasue Heller knows the world she writes.
Born in Warrington, she moved to Manchester in the 1980s, where she found the inspiration for her crime thrillers: she spent ten years living in the infamous Hulme Crescents and was a professional singer for many years before turning her hand to writing.
As well as playing with her band Missouri Sunshine. She has regularly appeared in such shows as Coronation Street, Brookside, Albion Market, Watching, Boys From The Blackstuff, etc.
This event will be followed by a book signing and books will be available to purchase on the evening from The Curiosity Bookshop in Runcorn.
Halton Borough Council’s Executive Board Member for Libraries, Cllr Phil Harris, said: “It is a real coup to get such a well know author to Halton. If you are a fan of good writing, this will be just up your street.”
Tickets for this event, at £4, are bookable here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-thriller-writer-mandasue-heller-tickets-30221430111
Her first written piece concerned a real-life incident, when a man had broken into her house in the early hours and attacked her as she lay sleeping with her 10 week old son in her arms. He hit her on the head, fracturing her skull and leaving a 5” gash.
But it was the psychological after-effects that affected her most deeply, and she hoped that writing about it would exorcise the hold it still had over her. The finished piece was too personal for anybody else to read, but she had enjoyed the process of writing, so decided to try her hand at fiction instead – and her first book, The Front, was snapped up by Hodder & Stoughton.
She has written 13 books since then, and is currently working on the 14th.