... was the reaction I got when I first pitched my proposal for Witch Child . I had the idea in about 1996 when I was doing some research fo...

The Harry Potter stars have done their final publicity rounds and the film is now at a cinema near you. When the story ends, will the audien...

I’ll bet you recognise this quotation. I was firmly convinced I knew it by heart, and yet when I looked it up in Hartley’s novel I saw that ...

I'm another historical writer who isn't a historian. Not because I didn't love it. I did; even as a school subject. Not because...

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Years ago, when I first started writing, I asked an (unpublished) historical novelist if it was difficult finding out all she needed to kno...

How dare I? That was my first thought. And my second, and my third... Not just how dare I write a novel about Henry VIII? (and that seemed...