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SAM BLAKE
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No 1 bestselling Irish crime writer (adult & YA) 💙📚
Chair Society of Authors, views my own.
Agent: Simon Trewin
https://linktr.ee/SamBlakeBooks
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More pics of Paris! 🇫🇷

The Killing Sense is out in paperback - the very handy size for travelling, AND it's shortlisted at the An Post Book Awards for Irish Crime Novel of the Year - you can vote from anywhere in the world, I'd so appreciate it! Www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
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The most French photo possible - a child in a blue anorak playing with an exuberant white poodle at the end of an avenue of winter trees in the Tuileries Gardens, the Louvre in the background Five star reviews for The Killing Sebse: gripping from beginning to end/ Riveting / Couldn't put it down / heart pounding page turner / absolutely fantastic. Above an image of the book. Women in a red sweater cycling through a Parisian street Image of The Killing Sense with the Irish Crime Novel of the Year sponsor logos - the Book Centre and the Irish Independent
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Let me take you to Paris! 🇫🇷

The Killing Sense is out in paperback - the very handy size for travelling, AND it's shortlisted at the An Post Book Awards for Irish Crime Novel of the Year - you can vote from anywhere in the world, I'd so appreciate it! Www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
Sam Blake wearing a black spotty top holding a copy of The Killing Sense with its Parisian window cover A croissant in a basket on the table in a cafe in Paris beside a cup of coffee and a black and white vintage postcard oh the Eiffel Tower. Croissant misding the end as I couldn't resist a bite! A ring of green steel chairs in an avenue of bare trees in the Tuileries Gardens gardens beside the Louvre - was this where the plotters plotted?! A gorgeously decadent tiny cheesecake on a glass plate beside a cup of coffee and a magazine with Paris in red on the cover.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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How lovely is this?! ❤️😊

Posted by @littleluxurieslibrary on instragram:

What a SUPER read. This is my first @samblakebooks but it absolutely will not be my last. 🥰😍
A reader's hand holding a copy of Sam Blake's The Killing Sense with its Parisian cover (she has very cool black and white nail polish)
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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What a fab day in Waterford yday talking to aspiring writers - we delved into their indiv issues as well as explaining publishing. And look at these fab mannequins - Paris! I'll have to go back! If u have a sec to vote for The Killing Sense at www.irishbookawards.ie/vote I'd be hugely grateful ❤️❤️
Sam Blake with Writers Ink members Theresa and Sam in Waterford Art Gallery, a magnificent modern painting behind us that pops with colour Two dress mannequins covered in vintage Paris inspired fabric, and Sam Blake's hand holding a paperback copy of The Killing Sense infront of them
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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If yr nr Waterford 2day, I'm talking getting published 2-4pm at the art gallery - you're supposed to book but will be fine if you just show up! It's free!! Randomly this is a pic of me and Donal Skehan at the Irish Book Awards shortlisting with Hazel Gaynor - do vote! Www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Great news! Thrilled to be shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year for The Killing Sense, & totally delighted for Kieran Marsh, shortlisted for Short Story of the Year!

Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote

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Sam Blake is wearing a black blouse and black vegan leather trousers, and is standing beside Kieran Marsh who is wearing a sand coloured jacket over a t-shirt. They are both wearing glasses and standing in front of the An Post Irish Book Awards sponsor banner
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Murder One has been incredible so far, just two more events to go! If you enjoy crime fiction join the newsletter list for news of next year's festival! Wwwmurderone.ie
Kitty Murphy chats to Catherine Ryan Howard, Catherine Kirwan and Amanda Cassidy. A huge image of the authors is behind them, and they are sitting on an ox blood chesterfield chair and sofa The incredible Chris Whitaker on stage, chats to Edel Coffey at Murder One
October 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Fab event last night at @kildarereaders.bsky.social with the ladies of crime, all these people came out on a Saturday night to hear how we kill people ☺️

And we're doing it all again next week at Murder One!
Authors Catherine Ryan Howard, Andrea Mara and Prof Marie Cassidy with moi, Sam Blake at the River Bank Arts Centre standing in front of a packed theatre - the room was full and there were 135 people on the waiting list!
October 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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2nd event: Packed house for Prof Marie Cassidy, Andrea Mara & Catherine Ryan Howard at the Riverbank Arts Centre. Lots of laughs & fabulous insights into process and quite a lot on murdering people...

1st pic by Ger Holland. Books are on sale via Woodbine Books & they have lots of signed copies!
Sam Blake, Andrea Mara and Catherine Ryan Howard with Professor Marie Cassidy (Ireland's state pathologist, now bestselling fiction writer) against a green wall full of gold signatures On stage: Sam Blake far left, sitting beside Marie Cassidy, Andrea Mara is laughing. On the far right Catherine Ryan Howard is listening intently . I have no idea what I was saying!
October 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Two fab events today at @kildarereaders.bsky.social, 1st: debuts w Roisin O'Donnell & Brendan Mac Evilly- Roisin's Nesting was longlusted for the Women's Prize & Brendan's Deep Burn was launched this week! Copies at @woodbinebooks.bsky.social -do order, brilliantly original & beautifully written 🔥
Very blurry photo of Sam Blake, Roisin O'Donnell and Brendan Mac Evilly wearing headset mics, about to go on stage Cover of Sunday Times bestseller Nesting - a black and white picture of the sea and rocks with a mother comforting a child far right. Title and blurb flashes are in a fabulous bright pink. Sam Blake's hand holding a copy of Brendan's Deep Burn - the cover is a glorious red and cream chequered board with significant images from the book hand drawn in each square Deep Burn has flaps! Text inside the cover says: in a small seaside village in South Kerry, Martha Knox develops an unlikely career burning emotionally charged objects and photographing the results. Her clients travel from far and wide with things they want destroyed... buy the book to get the rest!!
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I have been very quiet because I've been finishing a book, & writing a short story- this (much better than on my other accs!) 1st pic is a clue to the short story...

The 2nd is a clue to where it was taken, which segues me neatly into telling u that The Killing Sense is on offer on Kindle...❤️🙏
A crow in the bare branches of a tree, the sky behind it is grey The distinctive green metal chairs in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, scattered in a circle as if a group has just left them. The chairs are in an avenue of bare trees, the path through the gardens, sandy and covered in twigs
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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So thrilled discover that you can read me in Braille! Isn't that fab?!

Several of my books have been 'translated', more to follow I hope ☺️
Spiral bound manuscript book with a blue pvc cover that has Remember My Name by Sam Blake Volume 1 of 6 on a white label on the cover. Along the side is Braille indented title with a clear plastic label covering it - to protect it, I think. Cream page of Remember My Name showing braille rows of indented dots.
September 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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And people who don't use their Kindles v often are still finding the recommendation for these books (I see a Sam Fake is increasingly prolific) - I was sent this yesterday :(
September 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Such a laugh at our panel, with @callytaylor.bsky.social @andreamara.bsky.social & Michelle Dunne, & we were blown off the Island! Amazing food in the Titanic bar and after the storm next morning, the best breakfast with @andreamara.bsky.social @amandacassidy.bsky.social @gillperdue.bsky.social
Close to Home panel at Spike Island Crime Writing festival - 4 lady crime writers sitting on a stage with a huge arched glass window behind them. Sam Blake quizzing the panel (serious face) Michelle Dunne taking a selfie of Andrea Mara, Cally Taylor and Sam Blake being blown away from the fortified main gates of Spike Island prison. The Irish are all wearing raincoats 🤣 4 lady crime writers outside the Titanic bar / Titantic experience visitor centre in Cobh County Cork after a glorious breakfast sitting in the sunshine outside the Seasalt cafe where the food is also fantastic. Andrea Mara, Amanda Cassidy, Sam Blake and Gill Perdue. Took my sunglasses out of my case before I left Dublin but needed them on Sunday morning!
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Mark your diaries 4 next yr's Spike Island festival programmed by the incredible Michelle Dunne. Spike Island, off Cobh in Cork, is the Irish Alcatraz and is rather terrifying, but the perfect location for a crime festival! Cobh is the last port the Titanic left...we had an amazing weekend!
Spike Island in the sunshine, accessible by ferry from Cobh There are some very steep hills in Cobh!! Image shows one with a row of the very pretty coloured terraced houses with pointed roofs down the left hand side. The sea is at the bottom! Spike Island was a prison island and has a VERY dark past. Image shows crime writers and audience, fronted by Conal Creedon locked in a cell. Conal did a reading in the punishment block - he's braver than I am (Spike is known for its supernatural activity) Authors Gill Perdue, Michelle Dunne, Cally Taylor, Fiona Gartland, Sam Blake, Michelle McDonagh and Andrea Mara in the main hall - sepia mugshots of prisoners hang above their heads
September 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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My view not quite so exciting but on second draft so grabbing the moments!
A row of Ryanair planes lined up at Dublin Airport
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Huge thanks to the Irish Independent for covering this, (I've just seen a BBC article about a musician this has happened to). For readers, the solution is to buy real books in independent bookshops, a win win for everyone and a lose for the scammers. If you prefer ebooks, be very careful out there 🤯
Feature article in the Irish Independent - also available online - about AI generated books being sold in my name. Screen shot of the opening of the Irish Independent article about AI generated books being sold with my name on the cover.
August 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Fabulous launch for @amandacassidy.bsky.social THE STRANGER INSIDE on Thursday - make this your weekend reading, it's gripping and a real twister!
August 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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In much better news this is a REAL Sam Blake! 1st proof of Jan 2026 YOUR EVERY MOVE!

V exciting but also super nerve wracking...😬

One thing I can tell you for sure: I WROTE IT!

Set in London & the Lizard in Cornwall think Selling Sunset (well, Buying London) meets Baby Reindeer 💙📚 #booksky
Author Victoria Dowd's hand holding the first proof of Sam Blake's new thriller YOUR EVERY MOVE. The cover has moody blue bands (not unlike Cornish pottery for those of you who know) of the sea and sky with a slightly bizarre brutalist modern house under the title. This might change! There's a figure of a woman walking away from the house in the foreground.
August 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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For anyone who got a notification that I've written a dark romantasy trilogy (this is book 1) - I haven't. Please don't buy any of them.

These books are AI generated &
Amazon should be removing them today.

For anyone who may have bought one, I hope you can get a refund from Amazon.
An AI generated cover of a dark romantasy book passing itself off as written by Sam Blake. Sam has added the text AI FAKE across the cover with explosive emojis A screenshot of the title and blurb of an AI generated book passing itself off as written by Sam Blake. There are no reviews which is something of a relief
August 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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What a fab weekend @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival! I was thrilled to be invited to a panel with current UK No 1 Claire Douglas, Kia Abdullah and fellow Irish author Andrea Mara, and it was the BEST session! And then breakfast with TVs Jeremy Vine!
A panel at Harrogate Crime Festival really is a huge author goal, and this was one of the best panels I've done! Image shows four lady writers sitting in big leather arm chairs with the festival logo on the backdrop. Claire Douglas (blonde far left) is saying something that we're all laughing at. Such a fun panel! The Old Swan Hotel is where Agatha Christie disappeared to and hosts the Harrogate Crime Festival. Here I am at breakfast with TVs Jeremy Vine, (l-r) Jeremy's daughter Martha, Crime fan and writer Claire Heenan, and the incredible Bee Rowlatt!
July 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Between Cornwall and now, I was at the launch of a fantastic book The Night I Killed Him by @gillperdue.bsky.social, hosted at Eason Dun Laoghaire, honestly I was breathless reading this! It's a *must* buy! Here's a murderous line up of lady writers, if there was ever one!
A murder if Irish Crime writers (with bonus Linda O'Sullivan on the left and Sinead Moriarty almost far right) and the fabulous Anna McPartlin who is joining the Irish Murderesses with a new book in the autumn! Gill Oerdue in black in the middle, with Andrea Mara and Liz Nugent on either side!
July 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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And off again, London bound and then to the Harrogate Crime Festival where I'm on a panel with the incredible @andreamara.bsky.social @kiaabdullah.bsky.social and UK No 1 Claire Douglas ✨(Friday at 12 if you're free!) and (also) quite remarkably staying at the Old Swan Hotel 😍
The sun shining over a row of Ryan Air planes at Dublin airport
July 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Greetings Bluesky, I've been quiet because I've been to my happy place in gorgeous Helford Passage, Cornwall. We've been coming here for 20 years and it never fails to inspire. Got the page proofs of the new book done (Jan 26) and the opening chapters of the next one are now underway 😊
View of the estuary at Helford Passage on a stunning sunny day. The sea is an intense blue. The shot is taken from the front garden of one of the coastguard cottages with a narrow lane between the gate and the sea. A row of small boats on trailers are drawn up on the opposite side of the lane. There are yachts moored in the distance.
July 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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V pleased to see the AI campaign still in the news - the @societyofauthors.bsky.social are keeping up pressure & working hard in the background - they still need yr support. Here with @joannechocolat.bsky.social wielding placards by @thegaragepress.bsky.social. @ajwestauthor.bsky.social far right.
Screen shot of an article in today's Financial Times 'The copyright war between AI and creatibes' by Martin Wolf with sub head 'We have surely gone beyond being able to give the tech sector the benefit of the doubt' Photo used: Authors Sam Blake and Joanne Harris opposite Westminster holding large placards that say: Creativity Contains No Artificial Additives. The sign is in the shape of a human head with the lettering white on a black background with the letters AI and NO in red.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM