Biography
KATE LOCK:
Biography
Hi, and welcome to Klockworks.
The purpose of this web site is to tell you a little about me and my work.
I'm a full-time writer and have published nine books to date: eight TV novelisations and a non-fiction book.
My first book (as K M Lock) was Jimmy McGovern's The Lakes (BBC/Penguin), published in 1997. My most successful book was Tiffany's Secret Diary (BBC, 1999), which became - to my surprise - a number one bestseller. I've covered a wide range of characters and subjects, from the gritty detective Frank Burnside, originally of The Bill fame, in Burnside: The Secret Files (HarperCollins, 2000) to the district nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard in Where the Heart Is (Headline, 1998 & 1999). Along the way, I appear to have become something of an expert in EastEnders, having written books on Grant Mitchell (Blood Ties), Bianca Butcher (Bianca's Secret Diary), Tiffany Mitchell and Steve Owen (Still Waters), all of which qualified me to compile a reference book, Who's Who in EastEnders (BBC, 2000).
I'm a journalist by training and began my career on the Oxford Star in 1985 writing reviews and features. After two years I moved on to London to edit a listings magazine, Capital Commuter, joining Radio Times nine months later as a sub-editor. I worked my way up from the lowly position of local radio sub-editor to becoming a features writer by way of a brief but instructive period as an advertorials copy writer and a more enjoyable sojourn as Letters Editor.
Interviewing celebrities, talking to producers and going on location to write reports must rank as one of the most fun jobs there is, and I had a ball. I've squelched through the mud at Waterloo with Sean Bean, joined in Casualty as an extra, interviewed Due South mountie Paul Gross in his underpants, got drunk with Johnny Morris, attended a wedding for The Archers, lurked in a graveyard on Pride and Prejudice, had a close encounter with a lion for Vets in the Wild and taken tea with members of Star Trek: Voyager (though not, sadly, on the bridge of a Federation spaceship, but in a palm court lounge).
Writing books about TV was a natural progression from my work as a TV journalist, and when I relocated to York with my husband, that is what I did. Those books have played a crucial role in my development as a writer, giving me the confidence to handle dialogue and plot storylines, but I've moved on from them now. All my writing has lead me to this point, which is to tell the story that I've always wanted to tell. Carrion Kisses is a true story, and it's my story.
I hope you enjoy reading
it.
Copyright
Kate Lock 2004
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