More than 750,000 books and 14,000 audiobooks sold in 11 countries, including 7 chart-topping #1 bestsellers and 110 individual category #1’s multiple times.
BookBrunch – Nicholas Clee interviewing Laura Deacon – Amazon Publishing UK
http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-article/amazon-publishing-uk–infectious-energy/
The Guardian Newspaper – Feature by Danuta Kean, 8th June 2017 – Publishing’s ‘hidden’ Authors
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/08/buying-houses-in-cash-and-selling-millions-meet-self-publishings-hidden-authors
The Bookseller – Feature by Katherine Cowdrey, 5th April 2017 – Manchester: Indie Author Hotspot
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/manchester-indie-hotspot-says-amazon-527991
Manchester Evening News – Feature by Lucy Roue, 17th March 2017 – Amazon Academy & Successful Authors
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/amazon-academy-gives-smes-platform-12750568
London Book Fair – Trade Speaker & Guest Panelist 2017 – Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Exhibitors/2622825/Amazon-Independent-Publishing-Services
The i Newspaper – Feature by Jessica Barrett, 24th January 2017 – Self Publishing Success
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/publish-demand-biggest-e-book-success-stories/
London Book Fair – Trade Speaker 2016 – Kindle Direct Publishing / Amazon Publishing
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Contributors/2166779/Keith-Houghton
The Bookseller – 13th April 2016 Edition, Page 25 – Book Signing Feature
http://content.yudu.com/web/1vcls/0A1xp12/LBF2016Day2/flash/resources/index.htm
and http://www.thebookseller.com/news/pictures-week-327147
The Indpendent – Gallery Feature
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/how-to-get-over-writers-block-a6982006.html#gallery
Crime Writer’s Association Dagger Award – Longlist Finalist – Dagger in the Library 2016
http://www.deadgoodbooks.co.uk/the-cwa-dagger-longlists-2016/
Wigan & Leigh College – September 2015 – Inspirational Speaker
http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/11481552.Author_shares_secrets_of_unconventional_success
London Book Fair – Trade Speaker 2015 – Kindle Direct Publishing / Createspace / ACX
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/ARCHIVE/LBF-2016/Whats-On/seminars/Conference-Seminars/Delegate-Profile/?delId=697604
The Bookseller – 17th April 2015 Feature – London Book Fair
http://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/futurebook-friday-london-book-fair-indiereckoning
Porter Anderson Media – 17th April 2015 Feature – London Book Fair
http://porteranderson.com/todays-futurechat-from-london-book-fair-to-an-indiereckoning
Publisher’s Weekly – 13th April 2015 Feature – London Book Fair – Trade Speakers
http://www.digitalpw.com/digitalpw/lbf_april_14_2015?pg=10#pg10
Wigan & Leigh College – September 2014 – Inspirational Speaker
https://www.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/blog/post/keith-houghton-novelist
Kindle Direct Publishing Gateway Story – August 2014 onwards – New Author Sign-ups
https://kdp.amazon.com/mystery-thriller-suspense
Amazon Global Gateway – March 2014 onwards – My Author Journey
http://goo.gl/uBc0p6
London Author Fair – 28th February 2014 – Authoright – Trade Speaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z56mz7GG3IA
CRASH included in Amazon UK – Best Books of 2018
BEFORE YOU LEAP included in Amazon UK – Best of the Year 2016
KILLING HOPE included in Amazon UK – Best of the Year 2013
https://goo.gl/oTYIq8
#1 Best-Selling eBook for CRASH in UK Kindle Store on amazon.co.uk – 15th May 2018.
#1 Best-Selling eBook for CRASH in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.com.au – 16th February 2018.
#1 Best-Selling eBook for BEFORE YOU LEAP in UK Kindle Store on amazon.co.uk – 1st October 2016 and 29th October 2016.
#1 Best-Selling eBook for BEFORE YOU LEAP in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.com.au – 2nd October 2016.
#1 Best Selling audiobook for BEFORE YOU LEAP on US audible.com and US amazon.com – 5th May 2017.
#1 Best Selling audiobook for NO COMING BACK on US audible.com and US amazon.com – 13th April 2016.
#1 Best Selling eBook for NO COMING BACK in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.co.au – 7th June 2016 and 6th October 2016.
#1 Best Selling audiobook in Mystery & Thrillers for KILLING HOPE on US amazon.com – 17th January 2016.
#1 Best Selling eBook for KILLING HOPE in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.com.au – 1st January 2014 and 21st January 2016 and 19th October 2016.
#1 Best Selling eBook for CROSSING LINES in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.com.au – 2nd March 2016.
Kindle All-Star Award – Amazon UK – February 2016
Kindle All-Star Award – Amazon UK – January 2016
More than 750,000 books and 14,000 audiobooks sold.
C R A S H
#1 Best Selling eBook for CRASH in Kindle categories:
- #1 Kindle Store – UK | AU
- #1 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery – UK
- #1 Crime – UK | AU
- #1 Psychological – UK | AU
- #1 Series – UK
- #1 Mystery – UK | AU
- #1 Serial Killers – UK
- #1 Murder UK
- #1 Thrillers – UK | AU
- #1 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – AU
- #1 Whispersync for Voice – AU
B E F O R E Y O U L E A P
#1 Best Selling eBook for BEFORE YOU LEAP in Kindle categories:
- #1 Kindle Store – UK | AU
- #1 Thriller – US | UK | AU
- #1 Psychological – US | UK | AU
- #1 Action and Adventure – UK
- #1 Assassinations – US
- #1 Murder – US | UK
- #1 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery – US | UK | AU
- #1 International Mystery & Crime – US | UK | AU
- #1 Crime Fiction – US | UK
- #1 Fiction Adventure – US | UK
- #1 Mystery – US | UK | AU
- #1 Crime – US | UK | AU
- #1 Suspense – US | UK | AU
- #1 Spies & Politics – AU
N O C O M I N G B A C K
#1 Best Selling eBook for NO COMING BACK in Kindle categories:
- #1 Kindle Store – AU
- #1 Psychological – UK | AU | CA
- #1 Action and Adventure – UK | AU
- #1 Assassinations – UK
- #1 Murder – UK | CA
- #1 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery – UK | AU
- #1 International Mystery & Crime – US | UK | AU |CA
- #1 Crime Fiction – UK | AU
- #1 Crime Action Fiction UK
- #1 Mystery Action Fiction UK
- #1 Fiction Adventure – UK
- #1 Vigilante Justice – US | UK | AU
- #1 Mystery – US | UK | AU
- #1 Crime – UK | AU
- #1 Suspense – AU | US
K I L L I N G H O P E
#1 Best Selling eBook for KILLING HOPE in Kindle categories:
- #1 Kindle Store – AU
- #1 Police Procedurals – US | UK | CA | FR | AU
- #1 Hard Boiled – US | UK | CA | FR | AU | DE
- #1 Mystery – UK
- #1 Noir – UK
- #1 Series – UK
- #1 Crime Fiction – UK
- #1 Mystery | Thrillers | Suspense – AU | FR
- #1 Crime | Psychological – DE | FR
C R O S S I N G L I N E S
#1 Best Selling eBook for CROSSING LINES in Kindle categories:
- #1 Kindle Store – AU
- #1 Hard Boiled – UK | CA | FR | AU | DE
- #1 Police Procedurals – AU | FR | DE
- #1 Mystery – FR
- #1 Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense – AU
T A K I N G L I B E R T Y
#1 Best Selling eBook for TAKING LIBERTY in Kindle categories:
- #1 Hard Boiled – UK | FR | AU
- #1 Police Procedurals – AU