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The Italian Girls

‘The Italian Girls’ is my sixth novel, and like the others that have gone before, is based on the lives of real women of history with ins...

The Secret Letter

Today is the day my novel The Secret Letter is published. The story was inspired by letters my mother wrote to her own mother when she w...

D-Day's hidden heroines

As the memorials and celebrations gear up for the anniversary of D-Day on June 6th, and we rightly remember the sacrifice of so many th...

Shortlisted for RNA awards!

This morning the Romantic Novelists’ Association announced the shortlist for their forthcoming awards in March. Rather incredibly, my ...

Margate Book Fair

Last weekend, on a sunny Sunday at the Margate Book Fair - I had the delightful expereince of meeting one of this country's top selling...

The 'joy' of publication day

My new novel: ‘The Silk Weaver’s Wife’ was published yesterday. As usual, the ‘launch’ was a mixed bag of excitement and anxiety as fa...

News for 2017!

I am delighted to announce that I have signed another contract with Bookouture for two more historical novels. The new novel is out t...

2016

I have just received the 'edits' for my new book. I am delighted to say that they are minimal... just a bit of re-jigging of the modern ...

Life imitates art!

Last night I was watching a documentary on BBC-2 about Christies the international auction house. Called ‘Sold! Inside the World’s Big...

Female First: 10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me

To coincide with the launch of my second novel: Daughters of the Silk Road, I was interviewed by the wonderful Female First. Huge thanks...

The Nature of Inspiration

I have been giving some thought recently to the nature of inspiration. What makes someone write a poem, paint a picture, or write a no...

Book cover reveal

Delighted to announce my new novel 'Daughters of the Silk Road'. The story begins in Venice in 1441 when a family of merchant explorer...

New book for 2016

My new novel is due out this Spring. The title has just been agreed and will be published soon... But this picture might provide a clu...

Heroes and heroines in historical fiction

As the writer of one - soon to be two - historical novels, I started to wonder what made a great hero or heroine in this genre. My own ...

The 'art' of storytelling

I was recently invited to be the guest speaker at week-long conference on ‘creativity’ at a very trendy advertising agency in London. ...

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