🤴🏾 Kingsley Pearson 🍐
@kingsley-pearson.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist & Writer.
London-based. Represented by Silé Edwards at Andrew Nurnberg Associates.
🏳️🌈 🇱🇰 🇧🇪 🇬🇧
Flat 401: https://www.klpearson.net/flat-401
Out now with Orion Fiction.
London-based. Represented by Silé Edwards at Andrew Nurnberg Associates.
🏳️🌈 🇱🇰 🇧🇪 🇬🇧
Flat 401: https://www.klpearson.net/flat-401
Out now with Orion Fiction.
Pinned
FLAT 401, my debut psychological suspense novel, published by @orionbooks.bsky.social, is currently 99p on Kindle (and averaging 4.8*). It tells the story of Jay: after being in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he's blackmailed about the crime he actually committed.
amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm
#BookDeal
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#BookDeal
Next February I will be running an online workshop (with Spread The Word) about writing about queer shame in fiction in such a way as to facilitate characters and readers moving towards queer joy. Do sign up!
More info here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/sprea...
More info here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/sprea...
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Next February I will be running an online workshop (with Spread The Word) about writing about queer shame in fiction in such a way as to facilitate characters and readers moving towards queer joy. Do sign up!
More info here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/sprea...
More info here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/sprea...
I'll be speaking at this crime writing festival in February next year. Early Bird tickets end this Friday!
thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...
thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...
Cheshire Crime Writers Festival – The Curious Cat Bookshop
We are delighted to announce the first ever Cheshire Crime Writers Festival, the 2 day festival to all things literary crime, murder mystery, police procedural and cozy crime will take place on the Sa...
thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'll be speaking at this crime writing festival in February next year. Early Bird tickets end this Friday!
thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...
thecuriouscatbookshop.co.uk/cheshire-cri...
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A free online session 2.30pm 16 Oct, by the @Soc_of_Authors , with myself & @radiomukhers.bsky.social chatting about writing process, creative inspiration, the current crime and thriller market, and, quite possibly, food. Here we are captured in art. Register: societyofauthors.org/event/how-i-...
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A free online session 2.30pm 16 Oct, by the @Soc_of_Authors , with myself & @radiomukhers.bsky.social chatting about writing process, creative inspiration, the current crime and thriller market, and, quite possibly, food. Here we are captured in art. Register: societyofauthors.org/event/how-i-...
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Brighton & Hove Council are trying to gut our library service again. The ‘consultation’ period ends THIS Friday 10 October. PLEASE fill the survey. PLEASE speak up. Libraries are the heart of the community, getting rid of the further damages us all. yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Brighton & Hove Council are trying to gut our library service again. The ‘consultation’ period ends THIS Friday 10 October. PLEASE fill the survey. PLEASE speak up. Libraries are the heart of the community, getting rid of the further damages us all. yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...
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South East London Calling! If you’re free on Thursday, 9 Oct, come and join me in Greenwich, London 🏠✨
bit.ly/46T0EXp
I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬
#BookEvent #CrimeFiction
bit.ly/46T0EXp
I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬
#BookEvent #CrimeFiction
October 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
South East London Calling! If you’re free on Thursday, 9 Oct, come and join me in Greenwich, London 🏠✨
bit.ly/46T0EXp
I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬
#BookEvent #CrimeFiction
bit.ly/46T0EXp
I’ll be chatting crime writing, thrillers, and new books with Anna Mazzola and Holly Seddon. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening 📚💬
#BookEvent #CrimeFiction
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Thrills, chills, possibly spills (of wine) this Thursday. Join us at Waterstones Greenwich for a drink and a chat. @nadinematheson.com @holly.bsky.social
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thrills, chills, possibly spills (of wine) this Thursday. Join us at Waterstones Greenwich for a drink and a chat. @nadinematheson.com @holly.bsky.social
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/thril...
If, like Harrison, you enjoyed Flat 401: please a review on Amazon. It's on Kindle for 99p this month, and more reviews will help it find more readers. 🙏🏾
www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat...
www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat...
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
If, like Harrison, you enjoyed Flat 401: please a review on Amazon. It's on Kindle for 99p this month, and more reviews will help it find more readers. 🙏🏾
www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat...
www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat...
It's 99p on Kindle again for October!
FLAT 401, my debut psychological suspense novel, published by @orionbooks.bsky.social, is currently 99p on Kindle (and averaging 4.8*). It tells the story of Jay: after being in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he's blackmailed about the crime he actually committed.
amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm
#BookDeal
amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm
#BookDeal
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's 99p on Kindle again for October!
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Okay, fantastic opportunity here!
#BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them.
They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire
1/…
#BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them.
They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire
1/…
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Okay, fantastic opportunity here!
#BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them.
They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire
1/…
#BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them.
They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire
1/…
For those near or in Nottingham, THE Gaslight is being performed at the Lace Market Theatre end of this month.
Tickets here: lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...
#Theatre #UKTheatre
Tickets here: lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...
#Theatre #UKTheatre
Gaslight® - The Lace Market Theatre
lacemarkettheatre.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
For those near or in Nottingham, THE Gaslight is being performed at the Lace Market Theatre end of this month.
Tickets here: lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...
#Theatre #UKTheatre
Tickets here: lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/LaceMarketTh...
#Theatre #UKTheatre
I've been interviewed by Writers Melon about my journey to publication and my writing process. It includes tips and craft book recommendations.
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Flat 401 A modern day crime thriller by Kingsley Pearson | Author interview | Writersmelon
YouTube video by Writersmelon
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September 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I've been interviewed by Writers Melon about my journey to publication and my writing process. It includes tips and craft book recommendations.
youtu.be/U_NTolRYezA?...
youtu.be/U_NTolRYezA?...
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I love small town America thrillers - so much so I wrote my own, The Girl in Cell A. To celebrate the book I wrote this piece for @CrimeReads celebrating 5 such brilliant thrillers, from Deliverance to In The Heat of the Night. Read here: crimereads.com/small-town-a...
Small Town America: Five Books that Serve Up a Perfect Setting for Murder
What is it about small town America—in book and onscreen—that we find so compelling? A question I first confronted as a teenager, growing up in a quiet corner of London, England back in the 1980s. …
crimereads.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I love small town America thrillers - so much so I wrote my own, The Girl in Cell A. To celebrate the book I wrote this piece for @CrimeReads celebrating 5 such brilliant thrillers, from Deliverance to In The Heat of the Night. Read here: crimereads.com/small-town-a...
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Chatting to @kl_pearson, thriller writer and digital therapist on the latest Murder Junction... "Episode 161 - Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401, digital psychology and rubber plantations" . Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode 161 - Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401, digital psychology and rubber plantations
Podcast Episode · Murder Junction · 25/08/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Chatting to @kl_pearson, thriller writer and digital therapist on the latest Murder Junction... "Episode 161 - Kingsley Pearson, Flat 401, digital psychology and rubber plantations" . Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Last day of this!
FLAT 401, my debut psychological suspense novel, published by @orionbooks.bsky.social, is currently 99p on Kindle (and averaging 4.8*). It tells the story of Jay: after being in prison for a crime he didn't commit, he's blackmailed about the crime he actually committed.
amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm
#BookDeal
amzn.eu/d/0bfpTbm
#BookDeal
August 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Last day of this!
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Finished this incredible debut from @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social recently, someone who has been very supportive and helpful over the course of my writing journey.
If you like slow-burn psychological thrillers oozing with social commentary, you'll love this!
If you like slow-burn psychological thrillers oozing with social commentary, you'll love this!
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Finished this incredible debut from @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social recently, someone who has been very supportive and helpful over the course of my writing journey.
If you like slow-burn psychological thrillers oozing with social commentary, you'll love this!
If you like slow-burn psychological thrillers oozing with social commentary, you'll love this!
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DON'T LISTEN to the latest episode of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social podcast: he gets all sorts of personal details out of me, and we also talk a little about FLAT 401 and my next book.
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
Podcast
If you enjoy podcasts, then this might be for you. Murder Junction British crime writers Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee bring to life history’s most intriguing murders, real and fictional, in the c…
vaseemkhan.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
DON'T LISTEN to the latest episode of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social podcast: he gets all sorts of personal details out of me, and we also talk a little about FLAT 401 and my next book.
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
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✨ I’d love to hear from you! ✨
If you’re a listener of The Conversation, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your feedback really helps shape the podcast and makes sure we’re bringing you the conversations you want to hear. 💬
👉🏾 Link: bit.ly/theconversat...
Thank you! 😁🎙️
If you’re a listener of The Conversation, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your feedback really helps shape the podcast and makes sure we’re bringing you the conversations you want to hear. 💬
👉🏾 Link: bit.ly/theconversat...
Thank you! 😁🎙️
August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
✨ I’d love to hear from you! ✨
If you’re a listener of The Conversation, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your feedback really helps shape the podcast and makes sure we’re bringing you the conversations you want to hear. 💬
👉🏾 Link: bit.ly/theconversat...
Thank you! 😁🎙️
If you’re a listener of The Conversation, please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your feedback really helps shape the podcast and makes sure we’re bringing you the conversations you want to hear. 💬
👉🏾 Link: bit.ly/theconversat...
Thank you! 😁🎙️
DON'T LISTEN to the latest episode of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social podcast: he gets all sorts of personal details out of me, and we also talk a little about FLAT 401 and my next book.
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
Podcast
If you enjoy podcasts, then this might be for you. Murder Junction British crime writers Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee bring to life history’s most intriguing murders, real and fictional, in the c…
vaseemkhan.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
DON'T LISTEN to the latest episode of @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social podcast: he gets all sorts of personal details out of me, and we also talk a little about FLAT 401 and my next book.
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
vaseemkhan.com/podcast/
#BookSky #podcasts #amwriting #crimefiction
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In episode 10 of In My Good Books I spoke to 4 writers who withdrew their nomination from this year’s Polari Prize. They are @vavapoetry.bsky.social @sachacoward.bsky.social Rhian Elizabeth and Robert Hamberger.
Then in episode 11 I caught up with @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social author of Flat 401.
Then in episode 11 I caught up with @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social author of Flat 401.
August 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In episode 10 of In My Good Books I spoke to 4 writers who withdrew their nomination from this year’s Polari Prize. They are @vavapoetry.bsky.social @sachacoward.bsky.social Rhian Elizabeth and Robert Hamberger.
Then in episode 11 I caught up with @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social author of Flat 401.
Then in episode 11 I caught up with @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social author of Flat 401.
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Delighted to be on the latest episode of this podcast, talking about FLAT 401, my journey to publication, and some tips for writing (as a psychologist).
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
inmygoodbookspod | Instagram | Linktree
📚A Weekly podcast for book lovers!
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August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delighted to be on the latest episode of this podcast, talking about FLAT 401, my journey to publication, and some tips for writing (as a psychologist).
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
Delighted to be on the latest episode of this podcast, talking about FLAT 401, my journey to publication, and some tips for writing (as a psychologist).
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
inmygoodbookspod | Instagram | Linktree
📚A Weekly podcast for book lovers!
linktr.ee
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delighted to be on the latest episode of this podcast, talking about FLAT 401, my journey to publication, and some tips for writing (as a psychologist).
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...
#booksky #podcasts #amwriting
I raced through this!
Delighted to reveal the cover of my new crime thriller book, One by One.
Detective Sergeant Alice Washington ➕ a rock band ✖️ toxic friendships ➗ murderous music festivals 🟰 👇🏻
Available to request on NetGalley and pre-order from all good book shops ☑️
Detective Sergeant Alice Washington ➕ a rock band ✖️ toxic friendships ➗ murderous music festivals 🟰 👇🏻
Available to request on NetGalley and pre-order from all good book shops ☑️
August 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I raced through this!
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In case it wasn't obvious, I will be on this panel! 😆
I'm RIDICULOUSLY excited for this #LincolnBookFestival Crime Fiction panel with @tommeadauthor.bsky.social, #JackCartwright and @drtimrideout.bsky.social 🤩
📅 Saturday 4th October
🕰️ 7:30pm
🏁 Lincoln Arts Centre OR via *online livestream*
💰 £8 / £5 per ticket
lincolnbookfestival.org/festival-pro...
📅 Saturday 4th October
🕰️ 7:30pm
🏁 Lincoln Arts Centre OR via *online livestream*
💰 £8 / £5 per ticket
lincolnbookfestival.org/festival-pro...
August 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In case it wasn't obvious, I will be on this panel! 😆
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So excited to join @BBBookFestival on 19 Oct 2025 at @barbicancentre! I can’t wait to meet you all. Tickets available from Friday: www.barbican.org.uk
#BBBF2025 #BlackBritishBookFestival #FestivalAuthor #BlackAuthors #BBBFestival
#BBBF2025 #BlackBritishBookFestival #FestivalAuthor #BlackAuthors #BBBFestival
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
So excited to join @BBBookFestival on 19 Oct 2025 at @barbicancentre! I can’t wait to meet you all. Tickets available from Friday: www.barbican.org.uk
#BBBF2025 #BlackBritishBookFestival #FestivalAuthor #BlackAuthors #BBBFestival
#BBBF2025 #BlackBritishBookFestival #FestivalAuthor #BlackAuthors #BBBFestival
Just enjoyed the @netflix.com adaptation of @cjtudor.bsky.social "The Burning Girls". Any more books-to-screen adaptations on there people care to recommend? (Not the Harlan Coben ones - I've watched pretty much all of them already!) #BookSky
August 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just enjoyed the @netflix.com adaptation of @cjtudor.bsky.social "The Burning Girls". Any more books-to-screen adaptations on there people care to recommend? (Not the Harlan Coben ones - I've watched pretty much all of them already!) #BookSky