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Richard Crompton is a Manchester-born British journalist, and author of crime fiction featuring Mollel, a Maasai detective in Kenya.[1]
Richard Crompton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Manchester |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Notable works | Hour of the Red God (US)/The Honey Guide (UK), Hell's Gate |
| Website | |
| richardcrompton | |
Crompton, a former journalist for the BBC, moved to Kenya in 2005[2] with his wife, a human rights lawyer, who took up a job to prosecute the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide.[3]
In 2007 Crompton covered the post-election violence in Kenya for CNBC.[4]
In 2010 Crompton won the Daily Telegraph ghost story competition with his short story inspired by Facebook titled Friends.[1][2]
In 2013 his first novel was published as The Honey Guide in the UK/Commonwealth and Hour of the Red God in the US/Canada.[1] The novel features Detective Mollel, a Maasai police detective with the Kenyan CID.
Works
edit- The Honey Guide in the UK/Commonwealth and Hour of the Red God in US/Canada
- Hell's Gate
References
edit- ^ a b c Vincent, Alice (26 September 2013). "Richard Crompton: 'Kenyans tell me, this is the story of our city'". Telegraph UK. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile of Richard Crompton". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Murder in Kenya: PW Talks With Richard Crompton". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2017.