{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/6977cff329bfee017d6d2779?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Page One Extra - Vaseem Khan on Writing James Bond's Q, Crime Fiction, and Malabar House","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/1769459237911-4ea01fbd-bba7-4fdc-8858-1b8ff6fdddc8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/i1f2KiBCSIs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch as a full video interview on YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India and the bestselling&nbsp;<em>Quantum of Menace</em>, the first in a series featuring Q from the James Bond franchise. His debut,&nbsp;<em>The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra,&nbsp;</em>was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020. In 2021,&nbsp;<em>Midnight at Malabar House,</em>&nbsp;the first in the&nbsp;<em>Malabar House</em>&nbsp;novels set in 1950s Bombay, won the CWA Historical Dagger. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. Vaseem is a former Chair of the UK Crime Writers Association. His latest book in the Malabar House series, <em>The Edge of Darkness</em>, is out now.</p><p><br></p><p>It was great fun having Vas back on the podcast, hearing about what he has been up to writing-wise in the past few years. He tells us about how he landed the job writing the James Bond Q book, Quantum of Menace, and why he loves going back to his Malabar House books. We also chat about films, and hear about five books that influenced him as an author.</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=vaseem+khan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy The Edge of Darkness and Vaseem's other books now</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vaseemkhanwriter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Vaseem on Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://vaseemkhan.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Vaseem's website</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support us on Patreon and get great benefits!: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone</a></p><p><br></p><p>Page One Extra and Page One - The Writer's Podcast are brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTcwZnBmNkJJWjhpMkxKaHQ2bmEzM3NyeFdNZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUjl6YlBITU5sblhyUUIzeVR5Rll2bXVKcC1jNUVBZVdEV2lleTB2MDB5ejlqOEw2RlNZWHNBQ0E0Z2RXSE9ReHRQTGhqNmEzRVVkdHBZcGE5OHlTYWNkVzIxdlE4d2hmNDVVX25tWTBDUWJlX2Q4WQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.writegear.co.uk%2Fpage-one&amp;v=JcQfKlXfayI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Facebook</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/ukpageone.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Bluesky</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@ukpageone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Threads</a></p><p><br></p><p>Page One Extra is part of <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@stetpodcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">STET Podcasts</a> - the one stop shop for all your writing and publishing podcast needs! Follow STET Podcasts on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stetpodcasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> and <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/stetpodcasts.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}