Bryan J Mason

Bryan J Mason wrote Shaking Hands with the Devil, a black comedy about a serial killer in the late 1980s, but put it away in a drawer after his agent Carolyn Whitaker from London Independent Books narrowly failed to get it published. He concluded that he was a failed author so ought to go on and be a failure at something else instead. Which largely, he has been! However each time he read the manuscript he was surprised to find that he still found it funny. He has finally been published, after making some changes, including firmly placing the action in the late ʼ80s and early ʼ90s for today’s reader. The book is 30 years late, but in many ways it has arrived at just the right time.

He has worked as a brush salesman and rent collector, made sound effects for BBC Radio and been a tax inspector and occasional actor. He writes regular theatre reviews for StageTalk Magazine and Bristol 24/7.

He is currently working on a new novel featuring a Jewish detective investigating a series of serial killings in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, called An old Tin Can.

He lives in Bristol with his wife and has two children in their twenties.