L.M. Chilton is a journalist with fifteen years of experience working on TV shows for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 in the UK, as well as writing columns for magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Glamour, and reporting for national newspapers across the world, everywhere from Doncaster to Delhi. He lives in London, procrastinating.
Chliton's new novel is I Think We Should Kill Other People.
At People magazine he tagged "eight of the best thrillers and mysteries set in the terrifying world of television," including:
Read about another entry on the list.Q&A by Vikas Swarup is Who Wants to be a Millionaire meets The Usual Suspects
How does a boy from the slums of Mumbai end up on India’s biggest quiz show? And how is he getting every question right? The answer is revealed in flashbacks from Ram’s extraordinary life story, but even if he’s telling the truth, the show’s presenter has his own reasons for wanting this Slumdog to lose his millions. Swarup’s book exposes the cynical nature of the quiz show, dangling a literal lifeline to desperate people for the sake of entertainment.
--Marshal Zeringue
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