Adam Macqueen is a novelist, journalist and writer of non-fiction.
Adam’s first novel, political thriller Beneath the Streets, the first in a series featuring rent-boy turned amateur detective Tommy Wildeblood, was published by Lightning Books in April 2020. The second Wildeblood book, The Enemy Within, followed in February 2022.
His first collection of supernatural stories, Haunted Tales: Ghostly Stories for the Darkest Nights, will be published by Swift Press in October 2024.
Adam’s non-fiction books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and other State Secrets (Little, Brown, 2013) and the The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit (Atlantic 2018).
He has been contributing to Private Eye magazine since 1997, and wrote the bestselling history of the magazine which was published for its 50th anniversary in 2011 as well as editing 2021’s The 60 Yearbook, a complation of the biggest historical, political and cultural events of the last six decades as they were recorded in the pages of the satirical magazine. Adam has also worked for Popbitch and The Big Issue.
He lives on the South Coast with his husband, the painter Michael Tierney.
You can find Adam on Instagram, where as is traditional he mostly posts photos of his cats.
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Hello Adam, this is Juju from France, I heard about your novel a few days ago on BBC 4 and the people talking about it was so excited about it I ordered it on the spot, I received it on Saturday and couldn’t put it down, it’s really a fantastic read, probably my favorite of all the books I’ve ever read …
… I was wondering if it will be translated into French (and other languages) because I would like my friends to read it, I’m sure non-English speaking gay people would enjoy it as much as English-speaking people, I know some straight people enjoy it too, maybe because everybody enjoys reading thrillers and books about a political-sexual scandal … and books that are breathtaking, captivating and sometimes heartbreaking
I hope all is well with you and yours and am very much looking forward to reading the 2nd Tommy adventure !!
Thank you,
Juju from France
Hi Juju – really glad you enjoyed it so much! No plans for translations as yet, but if you wanted to tell any French publishers it would be a good idea, I’d definitely be up for it.
Just finished Enemy Within. Brilliant Sir, thank you for a excellent ride. Two questions do you have a list of all the songs in the book. This was very much ‘my’ era and I was kicking myself for not recording the titles as I went. So going to offer to make a Spotify playlist. Second when will we get to see the next instalment of Tommy. The ending reminded me of an ending to Babycakes (Maupin) when you need to hear about Michael’s fate regarding HIV. Thanks again…
Thanks so much Ian, glad you enjoyed it! Fear not, the Spotify playlist already exists: you should be able to find it here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50ZH0yUAF7ABdVDhFq8T45?si=LaGZ0EuvQzWha9nRpcZJUQ
Can’t give you a date for the next Tommy book yet (other than 1987!) but it’s underway. At time of finishing The Enemy Within I genuinely didn’t know which way the cliffhanger was going to go. Decided not to make my mind up until I started on the new book. A few chapters in, I have…
Adam,
Just finished The Enemy Within – loved it! Loved the way you captured the early ’80s period, the politics and the characters. Being from Australia, learnt a few things too, which had me scurrying to Google some of the people and events mentioned. Off to hunt out it’s predecessor Beneath The Stars now and very much looking forward to the next Tommy Wildblood adventure. Thanks for a great read!
Paris
Just completed Enemy Within – I enjoyed it even more than Beneath the Streets! Great attention to detail (including the Breakfast Time coverage which I remember watching aged 8!). Great characters and already looking forward to the next novel in the series.