Life As An Author
You submit your work to the MOD to be vetted for security purposes, what type of thing are they worried about?
Was writing 'Bravo Two Zero' a useful way of dealing with the trauma you experienced?
You run courses for members of the media who have to operate in hostile situations, what type of thing do you teach them?
Since becoming an author have you been threatened by organisations you operated against while in the SAS?
Does your public persona make you a lightning rod for nut-cases?
Yeah, absolutely. It's only this past three months that I've actually got a website up and running, and purely because there's some real fruits out there who we used to get letters going to the publishers where "This is Agent X19", "The Count is having kippers with your mother tonight." All of these weird passwords, as there's a lot of them out there. So I've consciously kept out of the way of that, until getting a website where you can still be part of it, but actually there's a little barrier because there's some weird people out there.
How much does the current global political climate inform your writing?
What's the name of your new book and when does it come out?
Can you tell us anything about 'Crossfire'?
What else do you have in the pipeline?
How do you feel about increasing media coverage in war zones?
What inspires you?
