Ava Glass
@avaglassbooks.bsky.social
'Queen of spy fiction' - the Guardian. Author of the Emma Makepeace series, and other books using other identities. Former gov't comms. Many names – Not a spy.
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Ava Glass
@avaglassbooks.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm an author of espionage novels, most of them centred around a British spy named Emma Makepeace. Her task is to find and remove Russian spies operating inside the UK. Let's just say things get a little... heated.
It's snowing in the shires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It's snowing in the shires.
Fascinating how different the reality is from the perception.
The murder rate in London is now the lowest in decades, perhaps centuries. (The Times)
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fascinating how different the reality is from the perception.
There is not a single quote in this article nor any attribution, even to unnamed sources. Personally, I find it hard to believe that a) this was announced or b) this was leaked so I am taking it with a grain of salt and suggest you do, too.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There is not a single quote in this article nor any attribution, even to unnamed sources. Personally, I find it hard to believe that a) this was announced or b) this was leaked so I am taking it with a grain of salt and suggest you do, too.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
So much this. ⬇️
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So much this. ⬇️
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
YES.
That one from 2000 - every crime novel of that time had the same kind of cover. Like the cropped bottom quarter of a blurred black and white photo. I think that’s when crime became the dominant genre and the mantra of “that’ll do” rang from every publisher’s design department.
October 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
YES.
Pull up a chair, please. I think it's time to have a talk about book jackets. Particularly modern book jackets. Especially in the UK, and particularly in the crime genre. My sense is that publishers haven't known how to jacket crime novels since the 20th century. I have evidence.
October 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Pull up a chair, please. I think it's time to have a talk about book jackets. Particularly modern book jackets. Especially in the UK, and particularly in the crime genre. My sense is that publishers haven't known how to jacket crime novels since the 20th century. I have evidence.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
In today's espionage news, this China case could bring everyone down.
A senior Whitehall source said: “When you look at what has happened with the embassy and the espionage case, it is hard to draw any other conclusion than it is both cock-up and conspiracy.”
www.thetimes.com/article/0a51...
A senior Whitehall source said: “When you look at what has happened with the embassy and the espionage case, it is hard to draw any other conclusion than it is both cock-up and conspiracy.”
www.thetimes.com/article/0a51...
Spy suspect was stopped with cash in suitcase on return from China
Christopher Berry, who had landed at Heathrow, is believed to have been given the money by his Chinese intelligence handler known only as “Alex”
www.thetimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
In today's espionage news, this China case could bring everyone down.
A senior Whitehall source said: “When you look at what has happened with the embassy and the espionage case, it is hard to draw any other conclusion than it is both cock-up and conspiracy.”
www.thetimes.com/article/0a51...
A senior Whitehall source said: “When you look at what has happened with the embassy and the espionage case, it is hard to draw any other conclusion than it is both cock-up and conspiracy.”
www.thetimes.com/article/0a51...
British followers! My new novel comes out in March, and I'd love for you to read it on the cheap! This week only, you can pre-order it from Waterstones for barely more than a pumpkin spice latte! Just use the code OCTOBER25 for 25% off. Tell them Ava sent you. www.waterstones.com/book/the-hid...
October 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
British followers! My new novel comes out in March, and I'd love for you to read it on the cheap! This week only, you can pre-order it from Waterstones for barely more than a pumpkin spice latte! Just use the code OCTOBER25 for 25% off. Tell them Ava sent you. www.waterstones.com/book/the-hid...
If there is any better feeling than the one you get when suddenly you KNOW what your next book is going to be, I have never experienced it. This is the best part of fiction. There is nothing one moment, and in the next breath there is a book, waiting to be written. Magic. ❤️
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If there is any better feeling than the one you get when suddenly you KNOW what your next book is going to be, I have never experienced it. This is the best part of fiction. There is nothing one moment, and in the next breath there is a book, waiting to be written. Magic. ❤️
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Tom Gauld in The Guardian.
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tom Gauld in The Guardian.
Being an adult involves far more time at the tip than I expected, however my husband took this picture of me after dropping off cardboard, and now I have a logo.
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Being an adult involves far more time at the tip than I expected, however my husband took this picture of me after dropping off cardboard, and now I have a logo.
Stopped the car in the middle of the (quiet) road to take this photo because I have NEVER seen a more perfect October sky. Well done, universe. 10/10.
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Stopped the car in the middle of the (quiet) road to take this photo because I have NEVER seen a more perfect October sky. Well done, universe. 10/10.
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“The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.”
W. H. Auden, who died on this day in 1973
W. H. Auden, who died on this day in 1973
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.”
W. H. Auden, who died on this day in 1973
W. H. Auden, who died on this day in 1973
Those of you who read my novels already know this but I'm putting it here because every writer of fiction enjoys validation of their literary speculation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
UK may already be at war with Russia, says former MI5 chief
Baroness Manningham-Buller said a rise in cyberattacks, sabotage and covert operations showed that Britain had entered a ‘new kind of conflict’ with Moscow
www.thetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Those of you who read my novels already know this but I'm putting it here because every writer of fiction enjoys validation of their literary speculation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Can't wait for this panel at Chiswick Book Festival in 2 weeks! We'll be talking spies, lies, and killers, and if that doesn't hook you in, I don't know what will. A few tickets are still available. Chiswick is one of my favourite festivals. Come join us! www.ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbook...
September 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Can't wait for this panel at Chiswick Book Festival in 2 weeks! We'll be talking spies, lies, and killers, and if that doesn't hook you in, I don't know what will. A few tickets are still available. Chiswick is one of my favourite festivals. Come join us! www.ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbook...
Russia's been doing this for months now, but they're getting much more lazily obvious about it.
Russia suspected of 'blatant interference' after GPS of EU Commission president's plane jammed over Bulgaria
Russia suspected of 'blatant interference' after GPS of EU Commission president's plane jammed over Bulgaria
A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suffered GPS jamming as a result of suspected Russian interference, an EU spokesperson has confirmed to Sky News.
news.sky.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Russia's been doing this for months now, but they're getting much more lazily obvious about it.
My fashion goals going forward are to be just half as glamorous and eccentric as Elisabeth McGovern's Tatler photos.
August 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My fashion goals going forward are to be just half as glamorous and eccentric as Elisabeth McGovern's Tatler photos.
I say this as a lifelong writer and reader: I did not know about tortuous. Take my pens away.
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I say this as a lifelong writer and reader: I did not know about tortuous. Take my pens away.
A letter written by Greta Garbo in 1964. 'I can speak to no one.' 💔 Introverts everywhere would understand.
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A letter written by Greta Garbo in 1964. 'I can speak to no one.' 💔 Introverts everywhere would understand.
The house once shared by John Cassavetes and Gina Rowlands looks exactly as you'd think it would. Cool 1950's Hollywood.
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An artefact of Old Hollywood goes on sale in Laurel Canyon - The Spaces
It has serious indie cred
thespaces.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The house once shared by John Cassavetes and Gina Rowlands looks exactly as you'd think it would. Cool 1950's Hollywood.
thespaces.com/an-artefact-...
thespaces.com/an-artefact-...