{{Short description|British writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}{{Writer | name = Adam Croft | nationality = British | genre = Crime, thriller, mystery | notable_works = Knight & Culverhouse, Kempston Hardwick mysteries | birth_place = Dunstable, United Kingdom }}
'''Adam Croft''' is an English crime fiction writer. He is a self-published author<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/biggest-selling-self-published-book-2016-lands-amazon-deal-331089|title='Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thereadinglists.com/adam-croft-reading-list/|title=Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller {{!}} The Reading Lists|date=2016-11-18|newspaper=The Reading Lists|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pulham|first=Alice|date=2019-01-26|title=Meet this independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/910581/Adam-Croft-independent-author-JK-Rowling-crime-Amazon-publisher|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nachiappan|first=Arthi|title=Authors write their own happy ending with success of self‑published ebooks|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/authors-write-their-own-happy-ending-with-success-of-self-published-ebooks-m6b3076f3|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and is an advocate of independent publishing.
== Work == === Writing === Croft has written more than 20 books, including the Knight & Culverhouse, crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He appeared on the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller ''Her Last Tomorrow''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/knight-culverhouse-box-set/2444877/isbn/B018497AHO/|title=Knight & Culverhouse Box Set|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/her-last-tomorrow/2444877/isbn/B018ZCAI10/|title=Her Last Tomorrow|newspaper=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref> ''Her Last Tomorrow'' has sold around 150,000 units so far in the UK, around 500,000 including international sales, and was on track to sell more than £1M worth of books in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/02/adam-croft-self-published-her-last-tomorow-story|title=From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2016-06-02|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/biggest-selling-self-published-book-2016-lands-amazon-deal-331089|title='Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal {{!}} The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref> He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Authors/Author.aspx?iIA=594|title='Adam Croft's author page{{!}} Lazy Bee Scripts|website=www.lazybeescripts.co.uk|access-date=2017-06-06}}</ref>
An advocate of self-publishing, Croft has spoken out about what he sees as the negative sides of traditional publishing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/jun/09/how-to-succeed-as-a-self-published-author-webchat-rachel-abbott-adam-croft|title=How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened|date=2016-06-13|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref> In 2012, he denounced crime novelist Sue Grafton for calling self-published authors "lazy".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/29/self-published-laziness-charge-sue-grafton|title=Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2012-08-29|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-06}}</ref>
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduations continue at Bedfordshire – beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire |url=https://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2018/march/graduations-continue-at-bedfordshire}}</ref>
In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-16|title=Rutland is at the centre of crime fiction series|url=https://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/rutland-is-at-the-centre-of-crime-fiction-series-9113225/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Stamford Mercury|language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.<ref name=":0" />
== Bibliography == '''Knight & Culverhouse''' * ''Too Close for Comfort'' (2011) * ''Guilty as Sin'' (2011) * ''Jack Be Nimble'' (2015) * ''Rough Justice'' (2015) * ''In Too Deep'' (2016) * ''In the Name of the Father'' (2016) * ''With A Vengeance'' (2017) * ''Dead & Buried'' (2018) * ''In Plain Sight'' (2019) * ''Snakes & Ladders (2021)''
'''Rutland crime series''' * ''What Lies Beneath'' (2020) * ''On Borrowed Time'' (2020) * ''In Cold Blood'' (28 May 2021) * ''Kiss of Death'' (2022) * ''Moment of Truth'' (2022) * ''No Way Out (2024)''
'''Kempston Hardwick Mysteries''' * ''Exit Stage Left'' (2011) * ''The Westerlea House Mystery'' (2013) * ''Death Under the Sun'' (2014) * ''The Thirteenth Room'' (2015) * ''The Wrong Man'' (2019)
'''Psychological thrillers''' * ''Her Last Tomorrow'' (2015) * ''Only the Truth'' (2017) * ''In Her Image'' (2017) * ''Tell Me I'm Wrong'' (2018) * ''The Perfect Lie'' (2019) * ''Closer To You'' (2020)
'''Sam Barker''' * ''Absolution'' (2019) * ''Betrayal'' (2020)
'''Short stories''' * ''Gone'' (2016) * ''Love You To Death'' (2017) * ''The Harder They Fall'' (2017)
'''Plays''' * ''Sleeping Dogs'' (2014) * ''Curtain Up!'' (2015) * ''Home, Sweet Home'' (2015)
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