I never gave up on my writing dream

Melanie Blake is being hailed as the new “queen of the bonkbuster” – and she couldn’t be more delighted at the accolade, particularly as it originally belonged to one of her idols, the late great Jill

GROWING up in a mansion house in Ireland, writer Gabrielle Mullarkey would drift off to sleep with the sheets pulled up to her eyes as nocturnal noises echoed through the old building. Often, the stai

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

Growing up in rural North Yorkshire, I kept myself busy with paper and pen. ‘Writing stories again, Liz?’ my mum smiled in 1968 when I was 15, as I scribbled dialogue and plot twists, dreaming of beco

Mythical country: the fantasy writer tells us about her new novel