‘The Beautiful Game’ – Filled with dread Sanjida Kay on 'The Perfect Crime' 'The Perfect Crime', a collection of crime fiction short... Read More
The Writer as an Outsider 'As writers, we are all anthropologists, observing the natives and commenting on their customs. As... Read More
Rejection – Or How to Fail Better at Writing 'I tried to remind myself of the rejections other authors had faced. JK Rowling was... Read More
What no one tells you about getting published… (A love story in twenty-five parts) SONY DSC When the Royal Literary Fund asked me... Read More
My favourite children’s book 'It's such a moving, powerful story but it's also beautifully written. It's about kindness and... Read More
My desert island book I’d want to read it on a desert island because it would remind me of... Read More
The Perfect Crime is out now! 22 bestselling crime writers. 22 deadly destinations. One deliciously sinister collection 🔪 I'm delighted that 'The... Read More
My favourite translated book – The Glass Bead Game My favourite book in translation is ‘The Glass Bead Game’ by Herman Hesse. The Royal... Read More
Sleeping Beauty – How Somerset inspired my thriller, One Year Later 'The Pines is a rambling farmhouse that our parents, David and Eleanor, converted years ago,... Read More
Sugar Island is available to pre-order I’m delighted to announce that one of my novels is going to be republished! ‘Sugar... Read More
The Stolen Child: A dark fairy tale ‘They stole you from me. They took you away for seven years. Your entire lifetime…Make... Read More
Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day! I had hoped to spend today being spoilt with prosecco and cake... Read More
Wuthering Heights – the novel that has influenced me the most When I was a teenager, I steadfastly refused to believe that so-called ‘classical literature’ could... Read More
My Mother’s Secret – Location There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office... Read More
Life-changing literature I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and... Read More
Interview with Historical Fiction Reader ...one of the scenes I lost, which I pine for, is where Joseph is in... Read More
Marketing and Me 'I don't much like it. Marketing is about selling & writers, as we know, are... Read More
Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast I had a wonderful chat with two of my favourite crime fiction writers, Vaseem Khan... Read More
The best writing advice I ever received The thing about being a writer and not having a ‘proper’ job is that we... Read More
The Priest and the Lily – the inspiration for my novel about men and flowers Many of our most common and beautiful garden plants have come from far-flung locations throughout... Read More
How to create the perfect villain! https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She... Read More
One Year Later – Bethany I recently saw a set of three mugs in one of my favourite shops. They... Read More
Labyrinth – the setting Setting is so important to me. It's almost like another character, setting the tone and... Read More
Labyrinth – new thriller! My exciting news is that I'm working on a new book. Provisionally called Labyrinth, it's... Read More
One Year Later – Italy I’ve always loved Italy, so when I needed a seemingly idyllic holiday for my family... Read More
One Year Later – Dante I did not die and yet I lost life’s breath… I always like to have... Read More
One Year Later on Bristol TV Bristol TV has just put out a short film about my latest psychological... Read More
