Colin cotterill biography

Colin Cotterill is the author of fifteen books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and a number of deranged dogs. His latest novel is The Motion Picture Teller and he recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog.

What was your inspiration for The Motion Picture Teller?

Back in the nineties I was approached by a fledgling movie production company in Bangkok to write screenplays to add to their portfolio. One of these I called Bangkok 2010. I was living in Thailand, and my research for this movie took me into areas I’d never seen and introduced me to the underbelly of Thai suburban life. It encouraged me to walk down seedy alleyways and interview street people. It re-educated me and helped me see Thailand from a different perspective. Nothing came of the movie, but the story continued to fascinate me, and I decided to turn it into a novel with a cinematic backdrop. Thus, we arrive at The Motion Picture Teller, an unrequited love story about a poor Thai postman and a beautiful movie star. It delved into the lives of people whose dreams hold them together, whose only hopes are that one day they might mee

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