On Swearing
It was 1982, and I was sitting in the lounge chatting with my in-laws when I used the fatal word in conversation. Yes, I said “bum.” My...
On Readers
This may sound a bit strange but the one thing that hadn’t occurred to me when The Seven Letters was published was that people might...
A Fine Collaboration
The email popped into my inbox out of the blue. It was from an artist called Adrian Brooks, based in Dorchester-on-Thames, and he was...
No twist!
What an absolute treat we had from the BBC with its sumptuous productions of Little Women and The Miniaturist, I loved every second of...
A Year Ago
A year ago today I stood in front of seventy people and launched my novel, The Seven Letters, at The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in...
Exmoor and The Great Sketchbox Initiative.
A wonderful concept that allows everyone to be a poet or artist
Why We Need Libraries: Seven Good Reasons
I donated two copies of my debut novel, The Seven Letters, to my local library. This small, exceptionally well-run little place has...
The Seven Books that Most Influenced The Seven Letters
The greatest compliment I have received about my debut novel, The Seven Letters, was a reader who said she found some were paragraphs so...
No Spoilers Please!
“Set in the Cotswolds and Paris, ‘The Seven Letters’ is a fusion of life in war torn France and the consequences of how it effected people f
Paris, my muse.
I am often asked why Paris is the muse for my novels. It's a question that I find easy to answer. For a start it is very beautiful. It's...