Alex North
@alexnorth.co.uk
Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling crime writer, based in Leeds, UK. I publish as Alex North but my friends call me Steve. www.alexnorth.co.uk
“It is a rare talent to be able to write a compulsive thriller with such heart … both terrifying and heart-wrenching, bittersweet and hopeful, nightmarish and deeply, deeply human.”
Thank you, @spookyrebecca.bsky.social
The Man Made of Smoke is out in the UK as a very lovely paperback today.
Thank you, @spookyrebecca.bsky.social
The Man Made of Smoke is out in the UK as a very lovely paperback today.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“It is a rare talent to be able to write a compulsive thriller with such heart … both terrifying and heart-wrenching, bittersweet and hopeful, nightmarish and deeply, deeply human.”
Thank you, @spookyrebecca.bsky.social
The Man Made of Smoke is out in the UK as a very lovely paperback today.
Thank you, @spookyrebecca.bsky.social
The Man Made of Smoke is out in the UK as a very lovely paperback today.
I forgot to mention on here that I had a ‘new’ book out in the UK last week. Dark Room was previously published years ago under my real name, and then went out of print.
It won’t set the world on fire, or anything, but it’s nice to have it out there again.
Four more of them to come…
It won’t set the world on fire, or anything, but it’s nice to have it out there again.
Four more of them to come…
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I forgot to mention on here that I had a ‘new’ book out in the UK last week. Dark Room was previously published years ago under my real name, and then went out of print.
It won’t set the world on fire, or anything, but it’s nice to have it out there again.
Four more of them to come…
It won’t set the world on fire, or anything, but it’s nice to have it out there again.
Four more of them to come…
“He’s mad. He’s mad! He’s madder than ‘Mad Jack’ McMad, the winner of last year’s Mr Mad Man competition.”
March 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“He’s mad. He’s mad! He’s madder than ‘Mad Jack’ McMad, the winner of last year’s Mr Mad Man competition.”
In London: a birthday treat for my son. Very excited!
February 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In London: a birthday treat for my son. Very excited!
As a heads up for US readers, Barnes & Noble have a 25% off pre-order sale on for the next couple of days, which includes The Man Made Of Smoke. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-man-ma...
February 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As a heads up for US readers, Barnes & Noble have a 25% off pre-order sale on for the next couple of days, which includes The Man Made Of Smoke. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-man-ma...
A single image from a film that immediately makes you hear a song from a soundtrack playing in your head.
January 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A single image from a film that immediately makes you hear a song from a soundtrack playing in your head.
I loved ‘We Live Here Now’ by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social. A modern gothic about a haunted house - and the haunted couple who move in. Clever, beautifully-written (of course), and creepy as fuck. When you reach the gut punch ending, you can imagine Edgar Allan Poe himself applauding. Out in June.
January 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I loved ‘We Live Here Now’ by @sarahpinborough.bsky.social. A modern gothic about a haunted house - and the haunted couple who move in. Clever, beautifully-written (of course), and creepy as fuck. When you reach the gut punch ending, you can imagine Edgar Allan Poe himself applauding. Out in June.
The US proof copies of my next book have arrived. It’s real! And also very beautiful. (The exterior, I mean. What’s inside is obviously terrifying and hideous and dark, and so on and so forth.)
December 23, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The US proof copies of my next book have arrived. It’s real! And also very beautiful. (The exterior, I mean. What’s inside is obviously terrifying and hideous and dark, and so on and so forth.)
I really loved Red Rooms, a psychological thriller about two women following the trial of a serial killer. It’s incredibly chilling. Even without any real onscreen violence at all, it’s been a long time since I’ve been as disturbed, unsettled and challenged by a film. Highly recommended.
December 22, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I really loved Red Rooms, a psychological thriller about two women following the trial of a serial killer. It’s incredibly chilling. Even without any real onscreen violence at all, it’s been a long time since I’ve been as disturbed, unsettled and challenged by a film. Highly recommended.
Self-promotion alert! For US readers, my third book, The Angel Maker, is an Amazon Deal of the Day: just $2.99 there and from other US ebook retailers for the next 24 hours.
How do you stop a killer who knows the future? Time will always tell…
celadonbooks.com/angel-maker-...
How do you stop a killer who knows the future? Time will always tell…
celadonbooks.com/angel-maker-...
December 10, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Self-promotion alert! For US readers, my third book, The Angel Maker, is an Amazon Deal of the Day: just $2.99 there and from other US ebook retailers for the next 24 hours.
How do you stop a killer who knows the future? Time will always tell…
celadonbooks.com/angel-maker-...
How do you stop a killer who knows the future? Time will always tell…
celadonbooks.com/angel-maker-...
Facebook has just reminded me of the nativity scene my son drew when he was 6, which started well and then took an unexpected turn.
December 2, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Facebook has just reminded me of the nativity scene my son drew when he was 6, which started well and then took an unexpected turn.
An early Crispmas present! (And this isn’t random packaging: it’s exactly what the box says it is.) Thank you very much indeed @theregoestheday.bsky.social.
December 1, 2024 at 4:22 PM
An early Crispmas present! (And this isn’t random packaging: it’s exactly what the box says it is.) Thank you very much indeed @theregoestheday.bsky.social.
Heading down to London for an exciting afternoon of crime fiction festival planning.
November 27, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Heading down to London for an exciting afternoon of crime fiction festival planning.
Proof pages. Interview questions. Book planning. Panel research. A good weekend - but the highlight might be catching this beast. Not perfect by any means, but you take what you can get.
November 24, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Proof pages. Interview questions. Book planning. Panel research. A good weekend - but the highlight might be catching this beast. Not perfect by any means, but you take what you can get.
For me, Story Of Your Life by Ted Chiang is a perfect story, and also an extremely unlikely candidate to adapt for film. But Arrival is absolutely sublime.
November 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
For me, Story Of Your Life by Ted Chiang is a perfect story, and also an extremely unlikely candidate to adapt for film. But Arrival is absolutely sublime.
If you see this, post a vampire
November 14, 2024 at 8:58 AM
If you see this, post a vampire
Also (because for some reason I’ve found it difficult to read longer fiction recently) I’ve been reading this: a collection of over 100 true crime poems about missing/murdered women in the US. “Enjoyed” is the wrong word, but I found it extremely powerful.
October 9, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Also (because for some reason I’ve found it difficult to read longer fiction recently) I’ve been reading this: a collection of over 100 true crime poems about missing/murdered women in the US. “Enjoyed” is the wrong word, but I found it extremely powerful.
I read this book on the way to #ChilternKills and recommend it. A short book on the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness: why and how a bunch of matter like the human brain doesn’t just exist blankly in the universe, like a rock, instead of experiencing something, the way it seems to.
October 9, 2023 at 4:45 PM
I read this book on the way to #ChilternKills and recommend it. A short book on the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness: why and how a bunch of matter like the human brain doesn’t just exist blankly in the universe, like a rock, instead of experiencing something, the way it seems to.
Tough times in children’s publishing, with Stick Man reduced to carjacking to feed his stick lady love and stick children three.
September 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Tough times in children’s publishing, with Stick Man reduced to carjacking to feed his stick lady love and stick children three.