Auteur à la page #32, Julia Chapman mars 2023.. en Français et en Anglais.. (ben oui, on est international ou on ne l'est pas) LOL
Chère Julia
Tu es une auteure chère au coeur de notre complice Valérique sur le blog. C'est pour cela que nous avions envie de te proposer d'être notre portrait de mars. Merci d'avoir accepté et d'avoir pris le temps de répondre à nos questions avec autant de sincérité. Notre blog qui se veut pluraliste se tourne décidément vers l'international, et ce pour notre plus grand plaisir et, nous l'espérons, celui de nos lecteurs.
Nous avons hâte de te retrouver bientôt lors d'un prochain salon. D'ici là nous te souhaitons bonne continuation dans ton écriture de la suite des aventures des Détectives du Yorkshire ainsi que dans tous les projets que tu as pour 2023.
Peux-tu te présenter à ceux de nos lecteurs qui ne te connaîtraient pas encore ?
Bonjour. Je suis probablement plus connue en France sous le nom de Julia Chapman, l’auteure des Detectives du Yorkshire et également des Chroniques de Fogas. Même si, il fut un temps les gens m’ont connu sous le nom de Mme Julia Stagg, propriétaire d’une petite auberge dans les Pyrénées (côté français)
Quel genre de lectrice es-tu ?
Quel est ton dernier coup de cœur littéraire ?
Si on se baladait dans "ton vrai" Bruncliffe à toi, qu'est ce qu'on pourrait y trouver ?
Je remarque que chaque roman, sauf le 7 "Rendez-vous avec la menace", se passe sur environ un mois. La question que l'on se pose "Il y aura-t-il treize tomes" pour aller sur un an ?
Tu as écrit d'autres romans dont la parution en français est en cours ("Les Chroniques de Fogas" NDLR). Tu vas facilement à la rencontre de ton lectorat. Nous avons d'ailleurs eu le plaisir de te rencontrer lors de plusieurs salons récemment (Saint Maur en Poche, Ormesson). Qu'est ce que tu aimes dans ces salons, ces rencontres avec les lecteurs ?
Peux tu nous parler de ton actualité ? Un nouveau roman ? Peux tu nous en dire plus sur ton contexte d'écriture ?
As-tu un scoop pour le blog ? Quelque chose dont tu souhaiterais parler que tu n'as pas évoqué précédemment. Des projets d'adaptation pour la tv ou le cinéma ?
Julia Chapman, Original version
Julia, could you please introduce yourself for our readers who may not yet know you (if it could even be possible LOL)
Bonjour! I'm probably best known in France as Julia Chapman, author of the Dales Detective series (Les Détectives du Yorkshire) and also the Fogas Chronicles (Les Chroniques de Fogas). Although I was once known as Mme Julia Stagg, owner of a small Auberge in the French Pyrenees 😉
What kind of reader are you?
I'm an avid reader! I'm completely addicted to books and can't pass a bookshop without buying one. I love fiction but also non-fiction, especially about politics or running or cycling or - and this will be no surprise for readers of my novels - sheep 🤣
What has been your last "crush" in terms of book (whatever the nationality of the author)
I've just finished We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (titled Duchess in French) and it was simply stunning. A crime novel with a main character (Duchess) who will steal your heart. I highly recommend it.
We know that you run a lot, same as your character Delilah Metcalfe from The Dales Detectives and you also bike a lot. Could you tell us how these sport activities help you in your creative process? Of if it helps in any other way.
I'm so lucky to live in a beautiful part of the country where it's easy for me to head out onto the hills for a a run or to take my bike for a long ride in stunning scenery. Obviously, being in the landscape that forms such a vital part of my novels is brilliant for research. But I also find, especially when I'm running, that I do most of my 'writing' when I'm outside in this environment. The slow climb up a steep hill or the glorious run across a plateau somehow frees up my mind and sparks my creativity. It's fundamental to my writing process.
If we happened to walk around in your "true" Bruncliffe, what would we see? Places described in your books, characters.. ?
I don't base my characters on real people - I find it much more interesting to create them in my head instead! But I think if you were to walk around Settle (the town I based Bruncliffe upon) you would hear voices you might recognise, that direct style of speaking so typical of Yorkshire, and the dry humour too. In terms of the place, I've moved things around a lot but you'd definitely recognise the type of buildings, built from stone with slate roofs. And also the landscape behind them, the dramatic hillsides rising up and the huge outcrop of limestone above the town. So yes, if you're a fan of Les Détectives du Yorkshire, you'd feel right at home there.
We noticed that, for each of your novel (except n'7, Date with betrayal), the action takes place during one month. The question would be then, will you write up to 13 books so that it makes a total of one year?
The plan was always to aim for 10 books... And seeing as I'm currently writing number 9, then I'm almost there!
You wrote books for which the translation is coming soon. You are at ease when meeting your readers. We had the pleasure to meet you at Saint Maur en Poche, and most recently at Noir sur Ormesson and could notice that. What is what you like and/or prefer in this type of event?
I'm always over the moon to be invited to festivals as it's a chance to get out from behind my desk and talk to people! Even better, I get to talk about books! It's also a pleasure to meet fellow authors and be introduced to their work. I rarely come home empty-handed! So I'm particularly looking forward to my debut at Quais du Polar in Lyon this year. Hopefully I'll see some familiar faces there 😊
Could you please talk about what is in the air for you these days? A new book maybe? Can you tell more about your writing process the "good" and "bad" sides LOL ?
I'm currently writing number 9 in the Dales Detective series (Les Détectives du Yorkshire) which I'm really enjoying! But I'm also hard at work on a completely new project. Still crime. But I can't tell you anything else or I'd have to kill you 🤣
Any scoop for our blog? Any projets for TV shows? Movies ? Anything you would like to add, talk about that we have not mentionned above (this is an open question, feel free to talk to us about anything important to you)
I'm not sure this is a scoop anymore but... the TV series of Rendez-vous avec le Crime (based on the first Détectives du Yorkshire novel and starring Arié Elmaleh and Sophie de Fürst as Samson and Lila) had its premiere in December last year on France 3 and was a massive success - 4.5 million viewers on the night! It's a beautiful adaptation of the series, set in Brittany, and is well worth a watch. It's still available on catchup TV and there will be more programmes to come very soon... 😉
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