Ken Lyons - Author

I was a cop in Australia for 32 years, spending 16 years as a crash investigator. Changing careers, I moved into the world of public libaries where I was library officer teaching people about technology. Now, I've joined those two worlds together and I'm a fledgling author of crime fiction. Join me on my journey of discovery. I'll be sharing behind the scenes thoughts and processes, insights into my world of writing, and even some peeks into my first novel that brings real world crime into the mix.

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Sitting back in a chair, feet up, reading a book

The character you weren't supposed to love

Hi Reader, I spent thirty years watching real criminals. In interview rooms, in courtrooms, in the back of police vehicles. I saw people who'd done terrible things as they sat across from me and tried to explain themselves. They always tried to justify their actions. Sometimes there was remorse. Sometimes there wasn't. What I did see though, always, was an internal logic as they told their story and tried to make everything add up, to guide me to the logical outcome of whatever circumstance...

7 days ago • 4 min read

Crime scene examiner working a murder scene

I opened my first novel with the killer

Hi Reader, I'm writing my first crime-fiction novel. Actually, it's my first novel of any kind, and I spent a long time thinking about how to open it. I wasn't thinking so much about the plot, because I already had a sense of where the story would go. What I wrestled with was the point of view. Who should we follow first? The detective is the obvious answer. Safe. Familiar. Readers know where they stand with a detective. But I wanted something different, so I opened with the killer. Standing...

21 days ago • 6 min read