The mysterious Lesley Cookman…

I’m delighted to welcome author Lesley Cookman to my blog today. Born in Guildford, Surrey, Lesley spent her early life in south London, before marrying and moving all over the south-east of England. Lesley fell into feature writing by accident, then went on to reviewing for both magazines and radio. She writes for the stage, […]

Insane or inspired? The fabulous Kate Johnson

I’m (literally) thrilled to welcome Kate Johnson and her alter ego, Cat Marsters, to my blog today. Buckle up!

How did you get started? And how old were you when your first book was published? Really it’s a total lack of skill or training in any other area! I knew I wanted to write from […]

The remarkable Ms Jacobs

I am thrilled to host author Anna Jacobs on my blog today. When I last looked she had 54 books published. It may, of course, have gone up while I was writing this blog post…

So how did you get started? I’d always wanted to write, but only dabbled until Georgette Heyer, my favourite novelist […]

Friends, Tweeters, countrymen…

Thanks to Twitter, we’ve been able to organise some terrific visitors in the last few weeks.

Jean Fullerton (@EastLondonGirly) author of No Cure for Love, A Glimpse at Happiness, Perhaps Tomorrow is a friend and colleague from the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She, her husband and three grandchildren came and spent the afternoon with us. Despite […]

Elizabeth Buchan talks about undercover work, daughters and separate beds

I am thrilled to host author Elizabeth Buchan on my blog today.

When I asked for suggestions for my brand new Kindle reader, Separate Beds was recommended of Carole Blake of Blake Friedman Literary Agency. Tweeting with Elizabeth, I discovered one of her novels was about a female SOE agent in war-time France, Light of […]