Biographers are not universally loved. James Joyce called us ‘biografiends’ and Edmund de Waal, although acclaimed for his family memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes, a book both tender and...

My debut novel, Mad, has been described as “this summer’s raciest read” and ‘Gone Girl plus” by The Daily Telegraph. It is a sexy thriller with a darkly comic voice...

These days I’m often described as the woman who spent three years living with Oscar Wilde. While I do sometimes feel like a bit of a one-trick pony (many of...

I read to escape. Not that my life is full of drudgery and awfulness… well there is some drudgery but not enough that I need a daily escape. No, I...

Historical Fiction is definitely having a moment and as a writer and reader of the genre this makes me exceptionally happy! Looking at the impressive guest list and huge audiences...

I’ve always wanted to be a writer – no other career choice was an option for me. On this path to publication I realised that when authors used to tell me...

St. Stephen’s Day 2010. I curl up with a copy of Darkside by Belinda Bauer that I won in a Twitter giveaway. Hours pass. I forgo food and drink, but...

When I finally gave up work to write full-time almost nine years ago, I thought I was going to turn really prolific. For four years previous to that I’d been...

It was not originally my intention to write a book about James Joyce or Ulysses. More than enough people had already done so, and my impression was that yet another...

It initially seems like quite a challenge looking back on the journey of my career, and examining the way in which it has led to the place where I’m currently...