Love Your Library

Love Your Library

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In 2011 I, along with thousands of other authors, librarians, teachers, readers and campaigners from across the country took part in the Save Our Libraries campaign. I volunteered as an author in residence at a failing school, opened the new library there and cheered...
I Wrote What I Knew

I Wrote What I Knew

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I bet you’ve heard this one before: “Write what you know.” It’s advice – or a diktat – that I’m sure confuses many aspiring writers. Easy enough if it’s a romcom you’re writing and you’ve ridden the rollercoaster of at least one romantic hiccup (who hasn’t?). But what...
I Wrote What I Knew

It’s Out! Now What?

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It’s publication day for my latest WW2 spy thriller, If I Can Save One Child… And the omens are good. We have 17 five-star reviews from the preview readers… A nice chunk of preorders… But you never know. So what am I doing aside from all the promo stuff on social...
Writer On Fire…my new Substack

Writer On Fire…my new Substack

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I’ve started a Substack…or rather, I started one ages ago, forgot all about it and woke up this morning determined to be a Writer On Fire (its title). You can read it here as well as subscribe to it and I hope you do. Otherwise, those flames might be...
The Fabulous Agent Fifi

The Fabulous Agent Fifi

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I spend a large chunk of my time ferreting around in the National Archives, delving through World War Two records so that I can uncover stories directly from the people who lived them, often in their own words. This led me to a woman who was known as Agent Fifi and...