Interviews with the Author

Below is a list of interviews with Deon, by newspapers, magazines and websites. To read the full interview, please click the interview title, or "more".

The Interviews

  • The London Times Interview (2011)

    • The crime writer explains why South Africa is perfectly safe for tourists, and why he wouldn't write anywhere else Deon Meyer, far and away South Africa's best crime writer, likes to distance himself from the country he portrays in his novels.

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  • Une entrevue en français: Entre-Deux-Noirs

    • Deon Meyer était en France en 2006, invité par au festival Quais du polar, à Lyon, l'occasion de revenir sur sa carrière.

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  • Wall Street Journal (2008)

    • Deon Meyer's new novel "Devil's Peak" offers up a compelling, fast-paced portrait of modern South Africa.
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  • Servamus (2007)

    • "Some years ago I spent 2 weeks with what was then the Murder and Robbery Squad, and had interviews with the detectives."
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  • The Litnet ABSA Chain Interview with Mike Nicol (2005)

    • The crime genre seems to go through phases - we had the serial killer phase some years ago, and, lately, a number of authors have been working with so-called crimes of the state ...
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  • The 'Curled Up with a Good Book' Interview (2005)

    • As is the case with most of my books, there is no “Big Bang” origin theory – rather a series of little bangs.
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