An idea for a new book always begins, for me, with a scene. A single moment suspended in the aftermath of violence. However, there was something different about…
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Casinos have long fascinated both writers and readers because they represent a carefully constructed illusion of control. Every detail — from lighting and sound…
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Call it the Hilary Mantel effect or the CJ Sansom effect, but so much fiction is set in the past these days. But how do you find a balance between re-creating t…
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Alison Joseph raids her kitchen drawers to demonstrate how to knock up a bestseller in 60 minutes…The heading of this blog is taken from a writing workshop I ru…
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, reveals how she knew it was time to switch tracksIn another life, under another name, I wrote books with (relati…