 described Wilderness as a "darkly twisted thriller" It's the new TV thriller starring Jenna Coleman and featuring Taylor Swift on its soundtrack - here the writer behind Wilderness reveals what the new series means to her. She spent years working as a journalist and as a police press officer. So, if anyone knows how to write crime stories, it's author Beverley Jones. And now her twisty revenge thriller, Wilderness, will hit our screens on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. But, as Bev, from Pontypridd, explains, she was just about to quit writing when one unexpected phone call changed her life completely. "It was back in 2019 and I was sitting in my box room at home, quietly sulking and downloading application forms for jobs in PR," said the 48-year-old, who writes under the pen name B.E. Jones. "I was several books in by that point and was just about to give up writing in order to go back to the nine-to-five life. "I'd decided to take a career break from my job as a press officer for South Wales Police to try my hand at being a full-time novelist. "But while being a published writer can earn you some money, it's not really a living wage. "So I was preparing to semi-retire and concentrate once again on things like, you know, paying the mortgage." Which is when the phone rang. "It was my agent calling to tell me that Wilderness, the sixth of seven books I've done, was being turned into a television series - I almost burst into tears," said Bev, adding that it's been like a whirlwind ever since. Image source, Kailey Schwerman Image caption, Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play a married couple who go on a US road trip to mend their broken marriage "I knew these TV adaptations can sometimes languish on the backburner for years before seeing the light of day, so I promised myself I wouldn't get too carried away. "However, a few months later Firebird Films - the company who picked up the boo){kind=link}
It’s the new TV thriller starring Jenna Coleman and featuring Taylor Swift on its soundtrack – here the writer behind Wilderness reveals what the new series means to her.
She spent years working as a journalist and as a police press officer.
So, if anyone knows how to write crime stories, it’s author Beverley Jones.
And now her twisty revenge thriller, Wilderness, will hit our screens on Amazon Prime Video on Friday.
But, as Bev, from Pontypridd, explains, she was just about to quit writing when one unexpected phone call changed her life completely.