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Mandasue Heller writes crime fiction from the inside

The Mancunian author tells Teddy Jamieson how her own life was the inspiration for her gritty novels.

Mandasue Heller is a 47-year-old, softly spoken, rather shy, slightly insecure grandmother who spends her nights singing and her days writing about crime, prostitution and drug-dealing in Manchester council estates. It’s the insecurity I don’t quite get.