Almost twenty years ago, I worked in a publishing house in London looking after the international rights of authors, never dreaming that one day, I too would see my work in print. Back then, the publishing world was fairly straightforward with just one route to publica...
One of the best things about a holiday is the extra reading time as you escape the daily routines for a bit more of a relaxed pace. Whether you’re planning a few weeks in a coastal resort or a short break in an exciting city destination, take time out to indulge in a n...
'If you want to know yourself, write a book...' or so the saying goes. After having written three novels in under three years, I can honestly say that’s true. When you lock yourself away for hours at a time each day for months on end, you become very comfortable with y...
My second novel, The Home, is a psychological thriller, set between the 1970s and 1980s, about successful career woman Angela whose memories of an abusive children’s home affect her adult life. The book delves into the d...
It’s been said that the second book is so much harder to write than the first and I would certainly agree with that. My second book, The Home, which published September 4th 2018, was definitely more difficult to write than The Good Mother.
While every book needs the big idea, that thread that can be picked out until a whole story unravels, I was inspired by multiple themes when writing The Home. A psychological thriller, my second novel is about a young woman called Angela who was abandoned when she was...
Psychological thrillers, crime, and domestic noir novels are all genres I have enjoyed reading so it made sense that I would write books along the same lines. Like most authors, I get asked a lot about where I get the ideas for my books, especially as the darker themes...
