I have been a film-maker for more than 30 years and have acquired filing cabinets full of international research. In my second career as a thriller author, these gems have not been wasted. https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/the-fact-checking-thriller-writer/
My film researcher came to me with the most outrageous proposal. ‘We need to go to Cleveland and film a mile underground.’ I was nonplussed, we were making a film on astronomy and we had only just returned from the United States. http://shotsmag.co.uk/feature_view.aspx?FEATURE_ID=462
The air in the cutting room was heating up and it wasn’t just the faulty aircon. We were making a film on The Big Bang and Cold Dark Matter for BBC’s Horizon. In our programme, scientists said they needed to find more matter in the universe to confirm their Big Bang theory.
Wimbledon film-maker and author Martin Granger has a new book out in April inspired by a documentary he made for BBC’s Horizon on the origins of the universe. It was a huge hit and so inspired Martin that, 25 years on, he has used it as the topic for his thriller Out of Sight, with…
Read more
MANILA HARBOUR a high octane story with masses of local colour… by the end of the book I felt exhausted, but thirsting for more… Nathalie… the believable and courageous protagonist… OCEANS ON FIRE a cracking paced read, tautly scripted and great characters… I felt like I had travelled the globe in 24 hours. I…
Read more
After 30 years as a filmmaker, Martin Granger has turned to fiction. “Foreign chemical agent found on British soil.” A headline that resonates with many of us after the recent events in Salisbury. It is often said that fact is stranger than fiction. Not in this case however, for it was two years ago that…
Read more
Natalie Thompson is an investigative film director, tasked with making a documentary on the threat of bioterrorism. She is quickly made aware of an Ebola outbreak in central Africa which is being kept under wraps by the authorities, and the journalist in Natalie seeks to find a way into the local healthcare system in order…
Read more
We’ve been intrigued with a rather prescient thriller entitled Drugs to Forget, from Martin Granger which arrives on 4th of June 2018 from Red Door Publishing. Shots are always intrigued with interesting new thriller fiction, so we were delighted when Martin gave us a little insight at what follows in Drugs to Forget. You would think that you…
Read more
Wrong film – Right book The helicopter landed gently in the clearing. My cameraman wanted to reload with film. The Philippine commando pilot turned and grabbed something from beneath my seat. A lethal machine gun, spilling a belt full of bullets. He pointed it into the jungle. ‘Hey whoa what’s happening?’ I cried, admittedly with…
Read more
Today’s guest blog is by Martin Granger who has been making documentary films for thirty years. In that time he has won more than 100 international film awards. His work has ranged from directing BBC’s Horizon to producing a BAFTA nominated science series for Channel 4. His novels, although fiction, are based upon his exploits in the…
Read more
