It’s that time of year again. Baubles, lights and all things twinkly. Whilst you might be counting down impatiently to some well-deserved time off, you are also looking back over ...
There’s an old saying that advises people to write about what they know and after 36 years of living my own amazing version of a transatlantic romance I find it ...
Medical researchers and journalists have confirmed that women are more likely to be inadequately treated by health care providers than men. It is also the experience of many Clinical Negligence ...
My new novel, The Pact, is a thriller that every reader can relate to. It’s got a fiery office love triangle, an out of hand office party and a prank ...
I can watch Gone With The Wind on Christmas morning totally undisturbed. Ideally, my husband would bring me a tray of coffee and mince pies during at least two ad ...
My day usually starts out doing admin work, I know nothing fun or fancy but needs to be done! So for me this involves looking through my emails and my ...
Christmas can feel like an impossible hurdle when you are suffering the loss of a loved one and their absence can leave a gaping hole which can feel even more ...
I have always written. Ever since I could string together sentences on a page, writing was my favourite way to entertain myself. In school, instead of paying attention in class, ...
Labour saving devices are great but technology is now so advanced and so integrated into our lives that we are seeing an effect on our physicality. We are being effected ...
Ask seven-year-old me what a witch was and I'd talk about the arguably problematic tropes of hunched backs, long noses, and claws. I'd talk about broomsticks, black cats, and pointed ...
- My novel began in 2007 after I read an article in The Observer newspaper written by a journalist who had travelled to Clare Island off the West coast of ...
If I had to narrow down the single emotion that inspired my debut, I’d have to say it’s fear. And I wonder if this is common among female thriller writers, ...
There’re a few fun things (other things not mentioned in the fancy-schmancy bio on the back of my books) I’d like my readers to know about me: I’m quite proud ...
My book, Secret Liverpool is a pocket-book guide to the hidden and little-known places off the usual tourist trail. I wrote it for people who are interested in heritage and ...
I was born in 1937, and my birth was the focal point in the life of my father, the forgotten Italian writer Giuseppe Jorio (1902-1995). I had been estranged from ...
When I was 11 years old, my English teacher told me to become an author after reading a creative writing assignment. I had no idea this was even a “real ...
When I write I always imagine that no one will read my work! The reason behind this is to write without any barriers or self-censorship. Sometimes I go to completely new ...
The same safety advice you give to your children when they first use go online still very much applies when going online yourself. You never know who you are speaking ...
Why Should The Boys Have All The Fun? I love a good adventure story, always have and always will. There is nothing more exciting than being hooked to a page, ...
