Adam Croft

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}{{Writer

| name = Adam Croft

| nationality = British

| genre = Crime, thriller, mystery

| notable_works = Knight & Culverhouse, Kempston Hardwick mysteries

| birth_place = Dunstable, United Kingdom

}}

Adam Croft is an English crime fiction writer. He is a self-published author{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/biggest-selling-self-published-book-2016-lands-amazon-deal-331089|title='Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2017-01-06}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thereadinglists.com/adam-croft-reading-list/|title=Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller {{!}} The Reading Lists|date=2016-11-18|newspaper=The Reading Lists|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-06}}{{Cite web|last=Pulham|first=Alice|date=2019-01-26|title=Meet this independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/910581/Adam-Croft-independent-author-JK-Rowling-crime-Amazon-publisher|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Nachiappan|first=Arthi|title=Authors write their own happy ending with success of self‑published ebooks|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/authors-write-their-own-happy-ending-with-success-of-self-published-ebooks-m6b3076f3|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0140-0460}} and is an advocate of independent publishing.

Work

= Writing =

Croft has written more than 20 books, including the Knight & Culverhouse, crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He appeared on the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/knight-culverhouse-box-set/2444877/isbn/B018497AHO/|title=Knight & Culverhouse Box Set|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-01-06}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/her-last-tomorrow/2444877/isbn/B018ZCAI10/|title=Her Last Tomorrow|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-01-06}} Her Last Tomorrow has sold around 150,000 units so far in the UK, around 500,000 including international sales, and was on track to sell more than £1M worth of books in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/02/adam-croft-self-published-her-last-tomorow-story|title=From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2016-06-02|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/biggest-selling-self-published-book-2016-lands-amazon-deal-331089|title='Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2017-01-06}} He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Authors/Author.aspx?iIA=594|title='Adam Croft's author page{{!}} Lazy Bee Scripts|website=www.lazybeescripts.co.uk|access-date=2017-06-06}}

An advocate of self-publishing, Croft has spoken out about what he sees as the negative sides of traditional publishing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/jun/09/how-to-succeed-as-a-self-published-author-webchat-rachel-abbott-adam-croft|title=How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened|date=2016-06-13|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}} In 2012, he denounced crime novelist Sue Grafton for calling self-published authors "lazy".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/29/self-published-laziness-charge-sue-grafton|title=Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2012-08-29|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}}

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature".{{Cite web |title=Graduations continue at Bedfordshire – beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire |url=https://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2018/march/graduations-continue-at-bedfordshire}}

In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-16|title=Rutland is at the centre of crime fiction series|url=https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/rutland-is-at-the-centre-of-crime-fiction-series-9113225/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Stamford Mercury|language=en}}