Writing Magazine

TONY BASSETT

Tony Bassett is a thriller writer from North Kent whose second novel, The Lazarus Charter, has just been published. His lifelong fascination with words drove him into a long career in journalism and he is now a life member of the National Union of Journalists.

‘My day begins with an hour’s walk around my country village on the edge of London,’ he says. ‘Then I spend an hour or two catching up with the day’s news, handling emails and interacting on

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