The crime and mystery writer Graham Smith is one of those authors who is so busy that he needs to have an additional writing identity, which in Graham’s case is the novelist John Ryder. I was looking forward to finding out how Graham manages to combine writing with his equally demanding day job: running a hotel and wedding venue. ‘I also cherish spending time with my son, enjoying the company of friends, and cheering on the often-hapless Carlisle United,’ he says, leaving me wondering when he has time to sleep.
‘I started writing fiction about twelve years ago,’ he adds. ‘This was after tossing aside a number of books I wasn’t enjoying reading, and feeling I could do better myself. I was awful at first, and I
