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

  Implausible. It’s not a word any writer wants to hear about their book. But with the...

I’m usually up at about 5.30am. As a busy working mum, I think it’s so important to carve some...

When I was very little I had a picture book called The Story Snail, about a lonely little boy who...

About once a year, someone stirs up the controversy over whether creative writing can ever really...

I’ve just finished the copy edits on my latest novel, The Ties That Bind, which will be published...

Adapting The Poison Tree When The Poison Tree was commissioned by STV, one very famous author...

Just over a week now until the adaptation of my novel The Poison Tree premieres on ITV1 and to say...

Every now and then, they unchain me from my desk and let me loose on the book-loving public. I...

It has been about three weeks since I ventured beyond my own postcode. The view from my study window...

...to my newly revamped website. This is my first blog, somewhere for me to talk to you in more...