tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post6107398042896189698..comments2024-02-24T23:24:50.964+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: 9mm interview: Alix BoscoKiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-48571720287578942022010-12-27T23:44:16.731+13:002010-12-27T23:44:16.731+13:00"Wuthering Heights" is only a book a wom..."Wuthering Heights" is only a book a woman would look fondly back to as a favorite read. Also, "To Kill a Mockingbird."<br /><br />However, it could be a serious ruse carried out by a male writer, but the above answers would really take a lot of scheming and pretense.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-8032163712326885632010-11-20T11:08:08.671+13:002010-11-20T11:08:08.671+13:00Good ploy though; mystery surrounds the identity o...Good ploy though; mystery surrounds the identity of a mystery/crime writer.<br />Surely it has to be someone who usually works in a completely unrelated field- if you also write for something like Outrageous and Shortland or a magazine where is the conflict of image?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-571915585367083182010-09-01T21:48:54.846+12:002010-09-01T21:48:54.846+12:00Interesting. The McGee rumour seems quite strong. ...Interesting. The McGee rumour seems quite strong. But my gut still tells me it's a female writer. I could very well be wrong, but from all the crime fiction I've read, it just reads like a female writer, particularly some of the issues, and ways of looking at violence etc. I've talked to others about this who agree, including Val McDermid, but hey - that doesn't mean we're right.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-54061683101736975462010-09-01T16:44:28.813+12:002010-09-01T16:44:28.813+12:00If your contact spoke to a woman on the phone clai...If your contact spoke to a woman on the phone claiming to be Alix Bosco, then it was indeed a stand-in and, as you say, a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. Going to those lengths would be a very peculiar charade on McGee's part - I'm not sure why he doesn't just "own" the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-11550098547948149132010-08-28T15:19:58.955+12:002010-08-28T15:19:58.955+12:00PS I wonder how many Aucklanders picked up on the ...PS I wonder how many Aucklanders picked up on the name of the obnoxious and borderline incompetent Brisbane detective in the second novel... Glucina... now there's a surname people who read the society pages might recognise.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-17361516310022185792010-08-28T15:18:58.770+12:002010-08-28T15:18:58.770+12:00Another person in the books world I know and trust...Another person in the books world I know and trust has said that they've interviewed Alix Bosco by phone, and that she's definitely a woman. I guess they could always have got someone to 'stand in' for it, but it seems a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. <br /><br />Also, it just reads to me like a female author, I don't know why. It's just a gut feeling, the way certain things are described, or violence is looked at from a particular perspective - it reminds me of discussions I've had with some female crime writers, or interviews I've read. <br /><br />I was talking to Val McDermid about this at the Women's Bookshop last week. She'd been reading CUT & RUN while she was in NZ, and gave the book a big plug in front of about 80-100 people at her Auckland event. She thinks Bosco is probably a woman too.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-83653901518298384962010-08-11T13:28:49.922+12:002010-08-11T13:28:49.922+12:00Why would anyone write a novel under a fake name t...Why would anyone write a novel under a fake name that features themself thinly disguised?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-7934058341360096272010-08-09T16:21:48.985+12:002010-08-09T16:21:48.985+12:00Well I've heard it's Peter Calder - who se...Well I've heard it's Peter Calder - who seems to feature thinly disguised in the first novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-14200903927872342182010-08-09T15:35:02.926+12:002010-08-09T15:35:02.926+12:00I heard the Magee rumour too. Guess it's not t...I heard the Magee rumour too. Guess it's not the best kept secret. I don't really get the need for a pseudonym either. Hasn't he done heaps of crime already?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-51651003714192888902010-08-09T15:26:08.187+12:002010-08-09T15:26:08.187+12:00Interesting... still doesn't make sense to me ...Interesting... still doesn't make sense to me that McGee would want to write thrillers under a pseudonym. Makes more sense for someone like Rosie Scott or Maxine Fleming to separate their writing careers like that. McGee, not so much...Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-39323135659424144372010-08-09T11:10:05.022+12:002010-08-09T11:10:05.022+12:00It's not mere speculation that McGee is Bosco,...It's not mere speculation that McGee is Bosco, but a fact I know to be true. Besides, his fingerprints are all over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-52091909004226083272010-08-07T14:23:12.414+12:002010-08-07T14:23:12.414+12:00My guess is that Maxine Fleming is Alix Bosco. Max...My guess is that Maxine Fleming is Alix Bosco. Maxine wrote Being Eve, lots of Shortland Street, and episodes of Outrageous Fortune – and many of her life experiences seem uncannily similar to those of Anna Markunas. Maxine is a wonderful writer and could well have written those books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-58521807030506033432010-08-06T11:34:54.339+12:002010-08-06T11:34:54.339+12:00Whoever it is, this is a nice way of building up i...Whoever it is, this is a nice way of building up interest in the run-up to the awards. Hmmm, will Alix Bosco attend? Will he, she or it win?<br /> ==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-72822866406076026772010-08-06T11:28:40.315+12:002010-08-06T11:28:40.315+12:00I've just realised that my last comment above ...I've just realised that my last comment above would of course bring McGee into play as well... so that's something to mull over, though again, I wouldn't have thought he would have wanted/needed a pseudonym when it came to crime and thriller writing...Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-66253166127935878402010-08-06T11:26:51.248+12:002010-08-06T11:26:51.248+12:00Interesting thoughts. I've heard the McGee rum...Interesting thoughts. I've heard the McGee rumour from another source this week too, although that wouldn't seem logical to me - because I can't think of any valid reason McGee would want to use a pseudonym (unlike someone who was perhaps a literary writer, or involved in other media and wanted to keep the personas separate). If anything, McGee's name might have been positive, publicity-wise. <br /><br />Rosie Scott would make more sense. <br /><br />My gut tells me it's someone closely involved, or who runs in the same circles, with New Zealand television, especially those involved with OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. The speed at which CUT & RUN was picked up for a TV adaptation, with Robyn Malcolm tabbed as Markunas (which does seem ideal casting by the way), and the fact that Malcolm gave the quote for the first book - meaning she'd read the manuscript or a very advance version (prior to the covers being printed - my advance copy already had her quote on it).... but that's just my thoughts...Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-62962005219193947072010-08-05T17:42:42.533+12:002010-08-05T17:42:42.533+12:00Alix Bosco is more likely to be Rosie Scott. She’s...Alix Bosco is more likely to be Rosie Scott. She’s an established novelist (Feral City, Nights with Grace) who was a social worker in Auckland (she wrote a play about it) and lived for several years in Brisbane (the setting for Bosco’s latest book). Her husband had an Italian-sounding name. She also doesn’t appear to have published anything for a couple of years…Chris Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-23352579284778451742010-08-05T16:57:45.571+12:002010-08-05T16:57:45.571+12:00Maybe not. But McGee's the author nonetheless....Maybe not. But McGee's the author nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-40752982410631971872010-08-05T13:43:16.251+12:002010-08-05T13:43:16.251+12:00That's not the rumour I've heard!That's not the rumour I've heard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-36756370137010497282010-08-04T15:11:42.570+12:002010-08-04T15:11:42.570+12:00"Alix Bosco" is playwright-turned-TV wri..."Alix Bosco" is playwright-turned-TV writer Greg McGee: writer of Foreskin's Lament, Street Legal, etc. Given that, I suspect the role of Bosco would be a bit of a stretch, even for an actress of Robyn Malcolm's ability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-83460181078549912432010-08-02T16:27:10.323+12:002010-08-02T16:27:10.323+12:00"The good thing about the crime fiction/thril..."The good thing about the crime fiction/thriller genre is that there is so much room to move. Not every hero has to be a sardonic cop, ex-cop or military drop-out, with a cryptic turn of phrase, an alcohol problem and a redeeming hobby!"<br /><br />This needs to be engraved in stone.<br /><br />Great interview! I'm very much enjoying the 9mm series.Stephen Rosshttp://www.stephenross.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-36127696537474192722010-08-02T11:49:19.895+12:002010-08-02T11:49:19.895+12:00I'll be starting Slaughter Falls soon, it'...I'll be starting Slaughter Falls soon, it's next on my bedside book mountain.<br /><br />Great interview, it's good to hear from the mystery Alex. I have no idea who she is. (I assume she's a she, otherwise Robyn Malcolm would have to really prove her versatility!)(But I'm sure she'd be up for it.)Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-13087114810428690202010-08-02T07:51:21.857+12:002010-08-02T07:51:21.857+12:00How about a package of interview with the Ngaio Ma...How about a package of interview with the Ngaio Marsh Award shortlistees, to be published in the run-up to the award, one each day, perhaps? This could include rerunning this and the one with Vanda Symon. And "Alix Bosco" is a pretty cool pseudonym.<br />==========================<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-62026264251106530532010-08-02T00:09:52.004+12:002010-08-02T00:09:52.004+12:00Craig - Thanks for this terrific interview. I'...Craig - Thanks for this terrific interview. I'm so enjoying learning about the different authors you featured, and Alix Bosco gave a terrific interview. In many ways, it doesn't matter what Alix Bosco's real identity is; that's part of the mystique ; ). I have to say, too, that I also like Jack Irish : ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com