Newspaper/Magazine Articles & Reviews
- The East Lothian Courier: “Advent calendar of crime scenes in Susi’s new tale“
- The Daily Express – Festive crackers: “A cracking read based on an inspired premise.”
- Prima Mag – Best Christmas Books
- The Daily Mail – Crime and Thrillers: “Dark and satisfying, it is a fine antidote to Christmas cheer.”
- The Times Crime Club: Thursday 30th November
- Giveaway in Fabulous Mag (The Sun): “Will keep you hooked to the end”
- Sex in crime fiction: “Writing good sex is a tricky business” – article with Steph Broadribb in The Independent
- My Favourite holiday – Sunday Post
- The Damselfly: Review in Undiscovered Scotland
- The Damselfly London Launch – The Bookseller (Pictures of the week)
- The Damselfly: Review in The Sun
- The Damselfly: “Author delighted with release of ‘hardest’ book”- East Lothian Courier
- The Damselfly: Review in The Sunday Mirror
- The Damselfly: Review in The Sunday People
- The Damselfly: Scottish Book of The Week: Dundee Courier Weekend Magazine
- The Damselfly: Preview in The Press & Journal
- The Damselfly: “How hateful online trolls inspired my killer plot”- Sunday Mail (and PDF)
- Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention: The Independent
- Willow Walk: Best Reads for Summer – The Sunday Express – link
- Willow Walk: Review in The Big Issue – link
- Willow Walk: “Susi releases second novel” – East Lothian Courier (image) & online here
- Femmes Fatales – Crime Scene Magazine (p1, p2)
- Willow Walk: eBook of the week – The Sun
- My First and Last – The Dundee Courier (Weekend)
- Black & White aquires two psychological thrillers – The Bookseller
- Woman’s Own Crime Special (image)
- Out & About Magazine (pdf)
- Feature in Your Local Life Magazine (pdf)
- CWA/CRA Case Files Magazine: Issue 15 (link)
- Feature in Lothian Life (link)
- Feature in Big Issue North (view pdf)
- Feature in Writing Magazine (view image)
- Bookshelf Book of the Week – Press & Journal (View PDF)
- Chiswick author’s book soars up Amazon charts – Chiswick Herald (View PDF)
- Hello Me – Dundee Courier (View image)
- A terrifying tale could spark success – The Sunday Post (View PDF)
- Traumatic incident from childhood inspires novel – East Lothian Courier (View PDF)
- Why 40 is our lucky number – Daily Record (View PDF)
- Black & White signs thriller debut – The Bookseller
The Deaths of December Blog Tour
- Review: Chapter in My Life
- How it started – Christmas research: Welsh Librarian (& review)
- The Best & Worst of Christmas: Cover to Cover
- Review: Bibliomaniac
- Review: Random Things Through My Letterbox
- Top 5 Worst Christmas Presents: Off The Shelf Books (& review)
- Review: Portobello Book Blog
- Review: Steph’s Book Blog
- Extract: Liz Loves Books (& review)
- My favourite Christmas Foods: Jaffa Reads Too
- Review: Whispering Stories
- Review: Grab This Book
The Damselfly Blog Tour
- Review: Off The Shelf Books
- Review: The Welsh Librarian
- Review and Q&A: Portobello Book Blog
- Review: Grab This Book
- Review: Random Things Through My Letterbox
- Review: Jaffa Reads Too
- Review: By The Letter Book Reviews
- Review: Liz Loves Books
- Review: Crimeworm
- Q&A: Linda’s Book Bag
- Review: Postcard Reviews
- Review: Raven Crime Reads
Black Wood Blog Tour
- Raven Crime Reads (Review and Extract)
- The Welsh Librarian (Part 1 – Review)
- The Welsh Librarian (Part 2 – Q&A)
- Crime Thriller Girl (Review)
- Liz Loves Books (Review)
- Crime Thriller Fella (Review)
- My Reading Corner (Review and Guest Post: Once Upon A Time…)
- Off The Shelf Books (Review)
- A Lover of Books (Review and Guest Post: When A Character Calls)
- Shaz’s Book Boudoir (Review)
- Jaffa Reads Too (Review and Q&A)
Crime Readers Association: Featured Author (May 2015)
- From Crime Reader to Crime Writer – How I got here
- Choosing Your Setting – The Real Banktoun
- The Debut Dagger Dream
- Do you really need a writers’ platform?
Guest Posts, Articles and Q&As
- Interview with Lynne Milford: Tales from the writing desk
- Recipe on Chapter in My Life for Book Week Scotland
- Writers’ Passport: SJI Holliday talks with Alexandra Sokoloff (The Thrill Begins)
- Murderers’ Row: Social vs Anti-Social (The Thrill Begins)
- Best of Crime: Off the Shelf Books
- Interview on Two Crime Writers and A Microphone (Podcast)
- Ten things I’d like my readers to know about me: Female First
- ITW Debut Spotlight: Steph Broadribb interviewed by SJI Holliday: The Thrill Begins
- Interview with Nic Parker: Devoted To Thrills
- ITW Debut Spotlight: David C Dawson interviewed by SJI Holliday: The Big Thrill
- When The Setting Takes on a Life of Its Own: Bibliomaniac Book Club
- Quick Fire at The Slaughterhouse: Richard Godwin
- Book Chains (5th Link) – Ghosts, Horror… and Top Gun: GrabThisBook
- The Scariest Part: Nicholas Kaufmann
- Five Ghost and Horror Stories to Make Your Spine Tingle: BritCrime Blog
- In Conversation: Michael J Malone and SJI Holliday: GrabThisBook
- February 2016 Crime Author of The Month: There’s Been A Murder
- In Conversation: When SJI Holliday met JS Law: GrabThisBook
- 9mm – An Interview with SJI Holliday: Crime Watch
- BritCrime Authors Best Books of 2015: BritCrime Blog
- Top Five Fictional Murder Weapons: BritCrime Blog
- BritCrime Panel: When The Past Won’t Stay Buried
- New Release Interview: The Big Thrill (ITW)
- The journey that started my journey: The Thrill Begins (ITW)
- The Intel: CrimeThrillerFella
- Deathly Intentions: The Moatman Interviews
- #Killerfest15 Q&A: Killer Reads
- Murder they Wrote: Mel Sherratt
- New Release Interview – Black Wood by SJI Holliday: Jane Isaac
- SJI Holliday Goes Deep into Black Wood (Q&A): Orenda Books
- Why Did I Write Black Wood?: Grab This Book
- When Voss Met Holliday – A Characterful Conversation: LizLovesBooks
- The Sixth Day is For Football: TWTD
- The Birth of a Book Baby: From First Page to Last
- Cover Reveal Q&A: Rebecca Bradley (Murder down to a Tea)
- My reviews and interviews at Shots Magazine
- Women Vs Thrillers at Books by Women – here
- It’s All in Her Head – WTD Magazine – here
- On conferences: Writer Events Q&A at Finding Clarity – here
- Talking to Luca Veste about Off The Record 2 – here
- Interview at The Upcoming magazine – here
- Talking about flash fiction at Critic Studio – here (Podcast)
Blog Posts and Mentions by Others
- My favourite reads of 2017: GrabThisBook
- Christmas Books event in Harpenden: Bibliomaniac
- The Best Christmas Crime Books: Barbara Copperthwaite
- Festive Reads: Jen Med’s Book Reviews
- Crime O’Clock with Jenny Blackhurst and Corrie Jackson: Crime Thriller Girl
- London Bloody Scotland Launch (Slice Girls videos!): Shots Mag
- Iceland Noir: Crime Fiction Lover
- Review of Criminally Good Books Event: Bibliomaniac Book Club
- Top 5 Scottish Books of 2016: GrabThisBook
- Black Wood featured in Books On The Underground Video with Emma Watson
- New Men Vs Mavericks: Eva Dolan talks to Crime Time
- The return of DS Aector McAvoy: Shots Mag
- New books coming soon: Sandra Danby
- Booktrail Awards (in honour of BritCrime)
- CTG’s Top Reads 2015: Crime Thriller Girl
- Crime Thriller Girl: The (not so) secret diary of a Slice Girl
- The Life Sentence: Dispatch from Bloody Scotland 2015
- Book Connectors/Trip Fiction Around The World Blog Tour: Random Things Through My Letterbox
- Cool for Summer: A Blonde Bengali Wife
- 10 Authors to Watch Out For in 2015: Travelling Book Junkie
- The Book Trail: Banktoun
- A Letter from Fatima: Bill Todd
- New books coming soon: Sandra Danby
- Hot Tips: crime fiction debut authors to watch out for in 2015: Crime Thriller Girl
- Debuts to look out for in 2015: Novel Heights
- Spotlight 2015: Liz Loves Books
- Paul D. Brazill’s Brit Grit Alley
- From Harrogate with love… “… the uber talented Susi Holliday – she of the Snoopy avatar – who’s working on her first crime novel. Judging by Susi’s short stories I sure she’s going to be a name to watch in 2014.” ~ Eva Dolan (Loitering with intent)
- Sarah Hilary’s blog: Crawlspace
