Nadine Matheson

How do you keep going when you look at your writing peers and the green-eyed monster rears its head? Bestselling author Chelsea Curto gets honest about envy and perseverance on The Conversation 🎧 Her new novel, In Stormy Weather, is out now 🌪️📚 and all links are in the bio

Nadine Matheson is a writer & former criminal defence lawyer. She’s the author of the Inspector Anjelica Henley series, that began with the bestselling, The Jigsaw Man. Nadine is the chair of the Crime Writers Association & host of ‘The Conversation with Nadine Matheson Podcast’. @nadinematheson.com

This is absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂

Celebrating Black History Month with crime fiction 🖤📚 Join me, Stella Oni and Nicola Williams at Woolwich Centre Library this Friday, 16 October, 12.30–1.30pm, for Black Voices, Bold Stories. Writing journeys, inspiration and Black voices in crime fiction.

Does it sound weird when I say that I’d never ever described myself as a storyteller before? Not until it was pointed out to me in a taxi ride from Stirling to Glasgow Airport, when I was leaving Bloody Scotland a few weeks ago. 🚗 nadinematheson.substack.com/p/oh-youre-a...

Abir Mukherjee talks honestly about what it means to be an author of colour in a publishing industry that still doesn't always understand its writers, how to market them, or what it actually has on its list. Our full conversation is available now

Tomorrow on The Conversation: Coffee Break, investigative journalist Cheyenne Roundtree joins me to talk about Bad Boy for Life: Inside the Diddy Trial. Nearly three years of reporting, from breaking the first Rolling Stone investigation to all six weeks of the trial. ☕

You’re always learning something new as a writer. It doesn’t matter how many books you’ve written. My full conversation with Abir Mukherjee is available now. We talk about his journey from finance to crime fiction and what he learned whilst writing his award-winning book Hunted. Links in Bio

I’m still none the wiser 🤷🏾‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

Abir Mukherjee joins me on The Conversation tomorrow to talk about his second career as a writer after 20 years in finance, book awards and what he learnt from writing his first standalone, Hunted 🎧

I wonder what all of the recent targets of the AI witchhunt have in common? 🤔 nadinematheson.substack.com/p/another-da...

I don’t like this at all!!

Spotify Premium subscribers get 15 hours of audiobooks a month 🎧 Haven't read The Jigsaw Man yet? You can listen to it now, along with the rest of the Inspector Angelica Henley series. Just search Nadine Matheson on Spotify and press play. #audiobooks

I love that ‘The Jigsaw Man’ is still making an impact is still making an impact five years after it was first published🧩 www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

I’m ill 🤧 and annoyed so of course I wrote about another Black author being accused of using AI nadinematheson.substack.com/p/another-da...

Here we go again. Anothet author accused of using Ai after an idiot ran his novel through Pangram without his consent. So fed up of this. www.thebookseller.com/news/canadia...

Issue No.3 of‘The Brief’ is available now to my paid subscribers. A 7 day free trial is available to my free subscribers. I’m talking about Jerry Falade and his side of the story, appealing against murder convictions & more nadinematheson.substack.com/p/the-brief-issue-3?r=2bg4ay&utm_medium=ios

The latest Jerry Falade article about losing his $2 million book deal over AI use allegations is stuck behind the Independent paywall 🙄 Read his essay in full on Kathleen Schmidt's Substack instead. A very important piece, that is well worth your time. kathleenschmidt.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Another great conversation is available for you now

Since the Lindsay Clancy verdict ended with a mistrial the jurors have been out claiming their fifteen minutes of fame. Because this is not how we do things in the UK to say that I was, still am, irritated is an understatement. So I did what I do best, I wrote about it. 💁🏾‍♀️

📬 Issue 2 of The Brief my new weekly section on The Writer's Verdict, is out now for my paid subs. Publishing news, legal story of the week, podcast highlights + what I'm working on/reading. There’s a special offer available 50% off for 3 months. nadinematheson.substack.com/p/the-brief-...

Season 5 of The Conversation is launched this week. 🎙️ My first guest Lindsey Kelk spoke about the snobbery around romance writing, and how gatekeeping has shaped the whole publishing industry 🌹 Like, follow, and leave a comment, the algorithm loves it 👇

What would make you delete 70,000 words of your book? 😳 Find out in my chat with author and filmmaker Adam Simcox as we talk about his time-travel thriller Time Jump which is out now. 🎧 Wherever you get podcasts, or on YouTube. Links in Bio

My podcast is back tomorrow and I’ve already had some amazing conversations.

Tomorrow: Season 5 of The Conversation launches with Sunday Times bestselling author Lindsey Kelk! 🎉 We talk about her publishing journey and writing under the pseudonym Elle Kelk.

Looking forward to watching MOTD 🦅🦅🦅🔥 #PremierLeague

📬 Issue #1 of The Brief my new weekly digest for paid subscribers is here. Publishing news, a legal story of the week, and what I’m reading. This week: the trial of Lindsay Clancy. Issue #1 is free. Subscribe now for 50% off your first 3 months 👇 nadinematheson.substack.com/p/the-brief-...

I spent Saturday morning making roti and it brought back memories and of course inspired my latest Substack nadinematheson.substack.com/p/cooking-wi... nadinematheson.substack.com/p/cooking-wi...

Hello!!! It’s Friday!!! For some reason, I’m very excited 😁

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As I said over on Substack, I didn’t intend to write an article but anger makes you loud. nadinematheson.substack.com/p/not-allowe... #jasonarday

How many projects are you currently working on?

It would be nice to have a controversy free week 💁🏾‍♀️

The podcast is on a summer break 😎 but I will be reloading fan favourites throughout the summer. Steve Cavanagh was my final guest of season 4 last week and you can catch up with our conversation now. Links in Bio

Worth reading in conjunction with Monday's post which predicted how the "the burden of proof" would shift over to authors. I thought it was hard enough motivating myself to write, now I have to keep track of all my ramblings, dead ends and 'light bulb' moments. Please tell me how AI improves things.

On Monday I wrote about the $2.4M book deal that collapsed but the real story is what it reveals: the burden of proof, that we didn’t use AI, is shifting onto authors as if writing the book wasn't hard enough already. open.substack.com/pub/nadinema...

There’s a double standard here. It’s very interesting that James Frey was rewarded with double page spreads in newspapers and no cancellation, when he admitted his use of AI but a Black author who denies the use of AI loses his book deal and his writing career open.substack.com/pub/nadinema...

Suspicion is now doing the work of proof. A $2.4M book down the toilet over AI accusations but my new article is about what that suspicion means for every writer, not just one deal. open.substack.com/pub/nadinema...

I cannot think of a better way to spend a Saturday morning then watching X-Men ‘97

What a week. The momentum of the FIFA/Infantino story and the $2million book deal collapse/AI story is giving me whiplash

Finally, I’m tackling my toppling TBR pile 📚 and I have a reading order 😁: 🕵🏾‍♀️Crime Fiction 📰 Non-Fiction 📖 General Fiction I finished Life’s Too Short by Abby Jiminez yesterday started Adele Park’s new book, Eyes on You 👀 London Falling is next What are you currently reading?

FIFA is made up of six confederations: UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, and OFC. ⚽ UEFA and CONCACAF have already told Infantino to piss off 💀🫠. How many more will join them by the time I wake up tomorrow? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I’m very happy to announce that The Kill List, book 3 in my Inspector Angelica Henley series has been longlisted for a Diverse Book Award! 🎉 I love that this book is still keeping readers up at night, and it’s also got its own dedicated 90’s inspired Playlist 🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/0eC... 😁

I really don’t understand what happened with Tomi Ademeyi and the Children of Blood & Bone film. Her video left me none the wiser. Is it creative differences? Interference on set? What has happened. I did like the look of the trailer though #booksky variety.com/2026/film/ne...

🎙️ Season 4 of The Conversation wraps with my full conversation with Steve Cavanagh talking about his career and his new book ‘One Of Is Guity’. Thank you to everyone who tuned in this season 🎉 Season 5 is coming, but I’ll be reloading Season 4 fan favourites all summer😎, so stick around.