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Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler
This is a highly topical and really moving TED talk on a subject that means a lot to me as it sits at the heart of my new book. Human trafficking, smuggling - call it what you like - is one of the basest forms of abuse against our fellow world citizens practised on...
The FSB & Me
My friend Katya kidnapped me. They do that a lot in Bulgaria. She swooped down and insisted we all come for dinner at her father’s farmhouse even though we already had plans. The new Russian neighbours would be there apparently. And she was preparing a feast. Katya's...
They hang the dead on trees in Bulgaria…
In Bulgaria they hang dead people on trees, not to mention walls, doors and, in particular, on the gate to their former home. Not literally, you understand, although my daughter is inclined to believe otherwise. These necrologs are sheets of paper depicting the...
So…Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?
So…where do you get your ideas from? Stock author question. My stock answer is that I get them in the bath and that’s true a lot of the time. With my new book, however, it all started in a hammock. Or rather, that’s where it came together. Books, you see, come...
The Biker Goddess Book Tour…Hollywood Version
This is what happens when one of your best buddies is an uber editor/director - with thanks to the fabulous Andrew Gillman:
How To Get Published…My Way!
This is from a talk I gave at Waterstones in Notting Hill - so many people want to know how to get published by a mainstream publisher and I can only say how I did it...