On Writing with L. M. Chilton

In our fifth episode of the Eastbourne Literary Festival podcast we had the pleasure to talk with L. M. Chilton, bestselling author of“Don’t Swipe Right” and, as of the 13th March 2025, “Everyone in the group chat dies!”.

Luke has been a journalist for 15 years, working for TV shows like This Morning, The One Show and Loose Women, as well as magazines and newspapers such as The Times, The Mirror, Metro, New!, Cosmopolitan and Glamour. As well as exploring his unhealthy-but-wonderful thematic obsession with serial killers, we enjoyed a wonderful chat around how Luke writes, how he approaches writing deep and rich female characters and the trepidation and wonders of television and film book adaption.