I think about the story I always tell her – of the kind lady who gave her to us. I suppose that must be how she imagines her father – as a kind man who gave her away too, as... Read more
I’m heading up to Granite noir , a crime fiction festival in Aberdeen in one month. I’m going to be talking about children caught up in crime fiction with two incredible psychological thriller writers, Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child,... Read more
I’m delighted to welcome fellow Corvus Books author, Holly Seddon , to my website for a Q&A with me. She’s the author of Try not to Breathe and Don’t Close Your Eyes, and has asked me some wonderful questions. Over to Holly:... Read more
I’ve just come back from being on panels at three literary festivals and talking to authors published by Silverwood Books. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind mini tour, juggling childcare (Asian Literary Festival combined with dinosaurs at the Natural... Read more
I was at Ilkley Literature Festival last week on a panel chaired by Dawn Cameron (left) and with writer and poet, Carmen Marcus. It was particularly poignant for me as, from the age of eight, I lived on either side... Read more
I’m delighted to be able to share an interview that Audible are featuring with me. I’m talking about juggling writing and parenthood, the transition to being a thriller writer, and, of course, The Stolen Child . You can download it for free here ; or... Read more
‘I like writing and reading about dark subjects…’ Farhana Shaikh interviews me for The Asian Writer Q. Where did the inspiration for The Stolen Child come from? A friend of a friend wanted to adopt a child. She’d heard of a woman who... Read more
Today I’m delighted to be joined by best-selling psychological thriller writer and fellow Corvus Books author, Holly Seddon . Holly’s first book, was Try Not to Breathe, and her second, Don’t Close your Eyes, has just been published. Don’t Close Your Eyes tells the story... Read more
If you were with me, I’d take you to the Doubler Stones, where thousands of years ago, Neolithic peoples carved channels in the rock to drain away the blood from their sacrifices. I would show you where the plover nests,... Read more
My darling, I’ve been searching for you ever since you were stolen from me. If you’d like to read anextract from the antagonist’s point of view in The Stolen Child, you can download a free copy here: The Stolen Child – Extract Let me... Read more
I thought you might like to see what went on behind the scenes when we were filming The Stolen Child trailer! The crew and I all live in the south-west, and it was going to be too tricky to get us all to Ilkley,... Read more
The Stolen Child trailer is live! Here’s our fabulous actor, Ela Chia Gutierrez playing Evie, being filmed by DoP Rob Franklin. We were also joined by Zoe Masters, our camera assistant, and Jack Stevenson, the drone pilot. Ela had to... Read more
I’m an award-winning thriller & nature non-fiction writer. I teach writing to people who want to be published.
