1. As a student in the 1970s, I went to live in West Germany and was almost immediately thrown out of my lodgings when the tenants discovered they shouldn’t be ...
Dear Francis, Your first romance novel was published a year before I was born. I found it when I was twelve, tucked in the back of my mother’s closet ...
When women form friendship groups, they tend to adopt different roles: • The ‘organiser’, who rounds everyone up and arranges where to meet. • The ‘caretaker’, who is a good ...
I have an identical twin sister. Actually we’re called mirror image twins because I’m right handed and she’s left handed. We used to play tricks on people, switch classes and ...
Dear Angela Carter, You have now been dead for thirty years, stolen away by cancer at the height of your powers. You left behind your lover and your son, and ...
1. Firstly, if you’d told me twenty years ago that in 2022 I would have twenty published novels to my name I would have laughed. The reason why I would ...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for history. When I was very young, I would devour any books, films, and TV programmes that had an ...
I’m a big fan of gothic novels – who doesn’t love a teenagerhood spent reading Wuthering Heights, The Castle of Ortanto, The Mysteries of Udolpho? – and there’s a good ...
1. I’m a Latina and a Carioca—a Portuguese term to define someone born in Rio de Janeiro. I moved to the US in my early twenties after graduating from Law ...
Dear Dorothy A few years ago, I was struggling to find a publisher for my romcom novel about a young Black woman in London overcoming confidence and cultural obstacles to ...
- Suzette D. Harrison, a native Californian and the middle of three daughters, grew up in a home where reading was required, not requested. Her literary "career" began in junior ...
I always wanted to be a writer, but almost became a surgeon instead. I grew up surrounded by books—my mom was a librarian and the magical labyrinth of her workplace ...
I had no idea when I wrote my novel ‘Death in the Mooragh’ that I was imitating a plot device used by Agatha Christie. I love Christie’s stories, the humour, ...
We caught up with Sarah Pearse- author of the addictive new thriller The Retreat to discuss the pressures of writing another book when your first is a global bestseller. Please ...
I have worked with people who have gut challenges, skin conditions, panic and anxiety attacks, severe stress and burnout, which all have a variety of physical symptoms that are a ...
Books make you feel. Whether you’re aiming for that feeling to be wonder or wanderlust, picking up a book to take to the beach can transport you to a different ...
At fifty years old, my debut novel, Love & Other Dramas, is about to be published and I still can’t quite believe it. I almost didn’t get here. Ten years ...
Author, Cate Quinn, explains why pulling pints in her underwear nearly drove her to murder. And how Jane Harper inspired her to finally commit her experiences to paper. As a ...
The concept of ‘common decency’ might seem fairly self-explanatory, regardless of your way of thinking about or viewing the world. It might translate to holding the door open for the ...
1. I never thought I would be able to finish a novel. I had tried a few times, and spent a lifetime scribbling little notes or phrases down in notebooks ...
1. I dropped out of college before completing my A-Levels. I had a terrible tendency to start things but fail to finish them. Later in life I studied with the ...
