I’m delighted to announce that I Let You Go will be published in Turkey, bringing the total number of translations to a terrific ten. I can’t wait to see my foreign covers! I had a sneaky peek at my German hard back edition recently and absolutely love it.
Mothers in Fiction: win a signed copy of I Let You Go
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about mothers in fiction. The book I’m working on now has a key mother/daughter relationship, and my central character in I Let You Go is a mother struggling to come to terms with the loss of a child. On 25th April I’ll join bestselling authors Hannah Beckerman (The Dead Wife’s […]
Why I'm supporting CLIC Sargent's Get In Character auction
Would you like to see your name as a character in a book? Could this be the perfect gift for a partner or best friend? Perhaps you’d love to see someone’s namesake come to a sticky end… Children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent’s annual Get in Character auction is now on, offering you the chance to bid […]
Throwaway words
I haven’t blogged for a while. I’ve had my head down, working on a rewrite of my second book, which means Christmas and New Year passed in a bit of a blur. For three months I got up at five to write before the school run, stayed at my desk all day, and returned to […]
Managing the domestics
My husband has booked a cleaner. It seems the rising tide of dog hair and dust (the levels of which ebb and flow, depending on my proximity to a deadline) have defeated him, and so he has hired help. Domestic decisions of this nature – finding babysitters, interviewing nannies, calling the window cleaner – sit squarely […]
Happy Christmas: a poem for parents
It’s the night before Christmas and all through the land, Parents are pacing, the wine close to hand. Have we bought enough presents? Have we got the right ones? Is Rupert too little to play with Nerf guns? When’s your mother arriving? How long is she staying? She always drinks more when she’s not the one […]