Some of my published articles:
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Leigh Russell - bestselling crime novelist | Leigh Russell, bestselling crime novelist and creator of the DI Geraldine Steel series has three successful novels to her credit - Cut Short, Road Closed and her latest release, Dead End. Leigh's literary success has been as fast-paced as her plots. Steve Barley finds out more in this interview on behalf of Veracity - Verulam Writers' Circle's newsletter. |
| When Steve Barley swapped his City career for life as a househusband, he decided to tackle the role head on. | SHE magazine - Project Super-Dad |  |
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Bestselling mum-lit author - Sophie King | Sophie King is a mother of three, a successful novelist, journalist, creative writing lecturer, writer-in-residence at a male prison, and the epitome of 'the multi-tasking woman'. But how does she manage to pack it all in? Steve Barley finds out at the Oxfam Bookfest 2009. |
| Steve Barley interviews the man who discovered JK Rowling and uncovers an unlikely link with one of Roald Dahl's most famous characters. | The man who discovered JK Rowling - Barry Cunningham |  |
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'How I Used My Banking Skills To Become a Highly Efficient Househusband' | Suddenly the world is full of redundant bankers, wondering what to do next. Perhaps Steve Barley has some answers. Here he reveals how he used his City skills to become a highly efficient house husband. |
| MG Harris, bestselling author of The Joshua Files, mixes Mayan mythology with conspiracy theories in her high tech stories for boys. But does she really believe the world will end in 2012? Steve Barley finds out at the 2009 Guardian Hay Festival. |
Global bestselling children's author MG Harris (Joshua Files) |  |
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'Crime Novel of the Year' winner - Mark Billingham | Mark Billingham is the author of the bestselling Tom Thorne crime novels and winner of the '2009 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year' award. But what makes a successful stand up comedian and actor turn to a life of crime, albeit a literary one? Steve Barley searches for clues as he catches Mark on the run...up to his guest speaker slot at VWC's 'Get Writing' Conference, 2010. |
| You can't avoid it. The term is everywhere. On the television, in our papers, on the lips of the man down the pub - who struggles to pay for a pint even in good times - but what does the phrase 'Credit Crunch' really mean? Come to think of it, what do all those other financial terms mean as well? | Humour - What The Credit Crunch Really Means |  |
My short story Innuendo Un (Ltd) was selected for inclusion in the recently released anthology
The Archangel and the White Hart