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An ordinary family. A devastating betrayal.‘An utterly compelling story of loss and betrayal – I loved it’ – Judy FinniganEvie has been away from home long enough to bury the pain that shaped her childhood.Now, with the sudden death of her father, she must return. Back...
An interview in the Sakal Times, India, re 'The One That Got Away' - out Sept 21 ... See MoreSee Less
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329 pages and 82,285 words - we have a first draft of book 4 in the house... Now ideally I'd leave it for a couple of weeks but with the deadline looming, I'll get a quick cup of coffee and start reading! ... See MoreSee Less
Look what just arrived!! First bound copies of book 3! Out September! ... See MoreSee Less
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The orange line of early-hours insomnia - this is how and when my plot crises get solved. Just as well, as there are only 5 weeks till deadline, and 25,000 words still to write! #amwriting #notfastenough ... See MoreSee Less
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'A twisty-turny thriller in the style of Gone Girl, this book turned my expectations on their head...' book reviewer Heather Askwith on 'The One That Got Away'. Out in September ... See MoreSee Less
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Flashback four years to the day I won the Montegrappa First Fiction competition at the 2013 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and my writing dream started to come true. Here, I'm collecting the stunning Montegrappa Brain pen, which was part of my prize ... See MoreSee Less
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Just before Spring Break, I visited GEMS WSO school to chat to the Year 12s about writing as a career - it was a fab morning. The pupils had so much enthusiasm for creative writing. ... See MoreSee Less
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Does it make you want to read it? The One That Got Away. May 4 2017 ... See MoreSee Less
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Giving a talk on writing at Al Maarif Boys' School, Dubai. If just one boy goes home and writes something for himself, I feel I've made a difference. ... See MoreSee Less
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Here it is.... out May 2017. What do you think? ... See MoreSee Less
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Absolutely blown away by this painting of the front cover of 'The Disappearance' done by two students at Regent International School, Dubai, aged 10 and 11. It's currently on display at the childen's art exhibition at Dubai Festival City. Bravo! ... See MoreSee Less
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39,000 words into book 4, 20 weeks to deadline and I think I'm happy with Chapter 1. Self-doubt, rewrites and sleepless nights = life of a writer. ... See MoreSee Less
End of Dry January... How about one of these writers' cocktails? ... See MoreSee Less
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'The One That Got Away' author amendments aka the final sign-off from me... Out May 4. ... See MoreSee Less
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Tickets are now on sale for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2017. This year I'm on two panels:
'All Memory is Fiction' - On Fri 3 March, Patrick Gale and I will be discussing the opinion that we gain comfort by re-editing our own story... get tickets here: tickets.emirateslitfest.com/p-1600-all-memory-is-fiction.aspx
'Montegrappa winners: The secrets of success' - on Sat 4 March, myself and other Montegrappa winners will talk about our journeys to publishing success.
Do come and say hello, hecklers welcome :) ... See MoreSee Less
Stolen from @RebeccaSky on Twitter: 'My friend wanted to know what it's like being a writer, so I woke her every night at 3am and told her she wasn't good enough.'
That's it in a nutshell. ... See MoreSee Less
