Join us in conversation with Kevan Christie to celebrate his bold and brilliant debut novel, To Be Frank, a darkly comic and gripping thriller set in the streets of Portobello and Leith. Perfect for fans of John Niven, Irvine Welsh, and Mick Herron, this fast-paced story follows Frank Savage, a fifty-something newspaper columnist whose controversial final article unexpectedly reignites his career and his past. Bio Born in Edinburgh, Kevan Christie Kevan Christie left school at 16 to work in a builder's merchant. He spent the next two decades doing a variety of jobs in the city's financial institutions. He gained a degree in journalism from Napier University in 2006 and there followed a career with the Daily Record, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. To Be Frank is his debut novel.