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Today, I welcome author Catherine Brooks to the blog to discuss life, her debut novel The Soldier and the Swan and all things writing. Welcome Catherine. What inspired you to write your most recent book? My mom was a caregiver for my dad during the last decade of his life. I watched her slowly lose herself to his care, even when it felt like he didn't always deserve the sacrifices she made after the way he treated her. I knew it wasn't the life she would have chosen for herse

I met up with Graham Bartlett again at Newcastle Noir, in December. The festival is run by the inimitable Jacky Gramozi Collins (aka Dr...

It is my great pleasure to welcome my friend and fellow author Martin J Lake to the blog today. Martin's debut novel, Beyond The Stones:...

Before my debut novel, a thriller entitled Torn, was published late last year, I had always been fascinated by how authors use settings...