May 1, 2017
One of the wonderful things about writing novels is that serendipity often lends a helping hand. When I was starting to write my first book, LAVENDER ROAD, my car had broken down and I bumped into a wonderful local lady, Laura Boorman, at a bus stop on Clapham Common....
Dec 6, 2016
Stop press! My latest novel LONDON CALLING comes out in paperback in the UK, Europe and Commonwealth next week. I have just received my advance copies and they are looking good! London Calling is set in the middle of the Second World War. It follows the lives of a...
Feb 22, 2016
Nineteen years ago my novel ON A WING AND A PRAYER was published. It was the third book in my LAVENDER ROAD series about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the residents of one London street during the second world war. That novel ended with one of the main...
Aug 26, 2014
Great news! My wartime novel ON A WING AND A PRAYER was voted winner of the E-Festival of Words Best Historical Fiction Award. It’s great to know that stories about the Second World War are still so popular, especially as I am just in the process of finishing the...
Jul 3, 2014
Just to let you know that my second world war novel, ON A WING AND A PRAYER, has bobbed up as a finalist in the eFestival of Words ‘Best Historical Fiction’ section. ON A WING AND A PRAYER is the third in my London wartime LAVENDER ROAD series. It covers the period...