With a whopping 8 kindle store #1 bestsellers to my name and more than 140 individual category #1 chart-toppers, I am thrilled to be one of the bestselling crime fiction authors on Amazon, selling equally well in the US as in the UK.
My books have been awarded “Best Books of the Year” status by Amazon Editors, published in Italy and Turkey, and nominated for the Crime Writers Association Dagger Awards.
All-told, I have sold in excess of 900,000 books and 65,000 audiobooks in 14 countries and have more than 10,000 Five-Star ★★★★★ Reviews across Amazon, Audible and Goodreads
Honourable Mentions in the Press
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
MILESTONES
CRASH included in Amazon UK – Best Books of 2018
CRASH is Published in Italian in Italy by La Corte Editore and in Turkish in Turkey by Epsilon Yayinevi as “Caprisma”.
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
BEFORE YOU LEAP selected for the prestigious Kindle First Reads in the UK and the US on 1st October 2016.
NO COMING BACK makes the Long List for the CWA Dagger Awards 2016.
Kindle All-Star Award – Amazon UK KDP – February 2016
Kindle All-Star Award – Amazon UK KDP – January 2016
KINDLE STORE #1’s
#1 Best-Selling eBook for DON’T EVEN BREATHE in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.com.au – 2nd July 2019.
#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 CRASH (Italian version) on Bookrepublic eBook chart – 29th July 2019.
#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 eBook for NO COMING BACK in Australia Kindle Store on amazon.co.au – 7th June 2016 and 6th October 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.
AUDIO BOOK #1’s
#1 Best Selling audiobook in Mystery & Thrillers for KILLING HOPE on US amazon.com – 17th January 2016.
#1 Best Selling audiobook for NO COMING BACK on US audible.com and US amazon.com – 13th April 2016.
#1 Best Selling audiobook for BEFORE YOU LEAP on US audible.com and US amazon.com – 5th May 2017.
More than 900,000 books and 65,000 audiobooks sold.
More than 10,000 five-star ★★★★★ reviews across Amazon, Audible and Goodreads.
D O N ‘ T E V E N B R E A T H E
#1 Best Selling eBook for DON’T EVEN BREATHE in Kindle categories:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 AU | #2 US | #11 UK
- >1380 Five-Star Reviews
- #1 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense – AU
- #1 Crime Fiction – US | AU
- #1 Murder – US | AU
- #1 Police Procedurals – US | AU
- #1 Serial Killers – US | AU
- #1 Mystery – US | AU
- #1 Thrillers – AU
- #1 Suspense – AU
- #1 Psychological Thrillers – US | AU
- #1 Genre Fiction – AU
C R A S H
#1 Best Selling eBook for CRASH in Kindle categories:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 UK | #1 AU | #33 US
- >1480 Five-Star Reviews
- #1 Kindle Store – UK | AU
- #1 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery – UK | AU
- #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:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 UK | #1 AU | #2 US
- >2040 Five-Star Reviews
- #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:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 AU | #4 UK
- >2600 Five-Star Reviews
- #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 Vigilante Justice Thrillers – US
- #1 Mystery – US | UK | AU
- #1 Crime – UK | AU
- #1 Suspense – AU | US
“Highly recommend this book to all thriller lovers – a story that will draw you in and keep you wanting more.” ★★★★★ The Kindle Book Review
K I L L I N G H O P E
#1 Best Selling eBook for KILLING HOPE in Kindle categories:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 AU | #2 UK | #18 US
- >1600 Five-Star Reviews
- #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:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #1 AU | #4 UK
- >840 Five-Star Reviews
- #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:
- Highest Kindle Store Rank – #3 AU | #5 UK
- >630 Five-Star Reviews
- #1 Hard Boiled – UK | FR | AU
- #1 Police Procedurals – AU
