Category Archives: Authors & Writers

Interview with Dougie Brimson, Bestselling Author and Screenwriter

In this interview, you’ll meet best-selling author and screenwriter Dougie Brimson and discover how he got started and what inspired him to write his critically acclaimed screenplays and books.

Perhaps best known for penning the multi-award winning feature Green Street, Dougie Brimson’s writing career began in 1996 when, after 18 years service with the Royal Air Force, he co-authored the best-selling non-fiction soccer book, Everywhere We Go.
Everywhere We Go is a groundbreaking insider’s account of British football violence which remains an era-defining bestseller till today.

The Daily Mail described the book as “Probably the best book ever written on football violence”.

A further 14 titles have followed in a variety of genre including the crime thriller, The Crew – which has topped the Amazon sports book download charts for over five years – and the comedies Billy’s Log and Wings of a Sparrow. Total worldwide sales of his various titles now exceed 750,000 copies.

In 2003, Dougie made the move into the world of screenwriting first with the critically acclaimed short movie It’s a Casual Life and then with his first full-length feature, Green Street.

May 2014 saw the release of his second feature, an adaptation of his own novel Top Dog which took the Best Feature award at the British Independent Film Festival. A third feature, the urban revenge thriller We Still Kill The Old Way was released to public and critical acclaim in December 2014.

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Interview with Monalyn Labitigan Zouzias: How Her Groundbreaking Book Mastering Meaningful Communication Is Changing the Way We Connect

In a world flooded with noise, quick opinions, and surface-level interactions, it takes a rare kind of voice to bring us back to what really matters: true human connection.

That’s exactly what physician and sociologist Monalyn Labitigan Zouzias offers in her powerful debut book, Mastering Meaningful Communication, published under the pen name Raquel L. Zia—a name she’s now proudly tying back to her full identity.

Combining her rigorous medical training with a deep sociological lens, Zouzias delivers a guide that’s equal parts heart and strategy. With glowing Amazon reviews and praise from readers, bloggers, and professionals alike, her book has already struck a chord with those seeking not just better conversations—but better relationships, period.

In this exclusive interview, we sat down with Zouzias to learn more about the inspiration behind her work, the challenges of communication in today’s world, and why she believes a single pause can change everything. Continue reading Interview with Monalyn Labitigan Zouzias: How Her Groundbreaking Book Mastering Meaningful Communication Is Changing the Way We Connect

Interview with Clive Dawson – Award-Winning Film & TV Scriptwriter and Associate Producer

“Screenwriting is not the glamorous profession it’s made out to be”, explains award-winning, professional film and television scriptwriter Clive Dawson in this candid interview. “It’s a hard slog, with few rewards and a great deal of heartache. However, the enjoyment is to be found in the process, not the end result, and just occasionally, it’s worth the effort.”

Clive Dawson has been a professional screenwriter for over twenty years, writing extensively for UK television and contributing to several top-rated ITV and BBC dramas, including THE BILL, CASUALTY and HOLBY CITY.

He wrote the original screenplay for the wartime-based supernatural thriller THE BUNKER (2001) and was the screenwriter and associate producer on the sci-fi thriller THE LAST DAYS ON MARS (2013). Continue reading Interview with Clive Dawson – Award-Winning Film & TV Scriptwriter and Associate Producer

Interview with Eva Dillon, Author of the Gripping Memoir “Spies in the Family”

In this fascinating interview, author Eva Dillon talks about researching and writing her highly acclaimed, fascinating true-life thriller Spies in the Family.

About Spies in the Family

A riveting, true-life thriller—as well as a moving memoir—from the daughter of an American intelligence officer, Spies in the Family is the astonishing story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War.

Spanning fifty years and three continents, Spies in the Family is a deeply researched account of the lethal espionage campaigns of the Cold War, and two men whose devoted friendship lasted a lifetime, until the devastating final days of their lives.

Both a gripping tale of spy craft and a powerful personal story, Spies in the Family is an invaluable and wholly fresh look at one of the most extraordinary episodes in American history.

“A beautifully written, profoundly moving account of one of the most important U.S Intelligence sources ever run inside the Soviet Union. A cliff-hanger from beginning to end, Dillon’s account is filled with espionage tradecraft and family drama—essential reading for anyone fascinated by how spying really works.” – (Peter Earnest, Executive Director, International Spy Museum)

 

Buy “Spies in the Family” on Amazon.

Visit Eva’s website here.

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