Tidying up my PC lately, I found a folder full of half-edited manuscripts. The pages were a mess of tracked changes and microscopic...

It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me, because I write them) that the psychological thriller is the greatest sub-genre of crime...

New writers often ask me: does it get easier after the first book? And of course, in some ways it does. Doing something difficult once...

I’m usually up at about 5.30am. As a busy working mum, I think it’s so important to carve some time out of the day that’s just for me....

When I was very little I had a picture book called The Story Snail, about a lonely little boy who wanted to tell stories but didn’t know...

About once a year, someone stirs up the controversy over whether creative writing can ever really be taught. Enough has been written...

I’ve just finished the copy edits on my latest novel, The Ties That Bind, which will be published by Hodder next May. I feel that I ought...

It has been about three weeks since I ventured beyond my own postcode. The view from my study window is nothing but houses and golf...