The Button Maker’s Daughter

The Button Maker’s Daughter

I’m delighted to have Merryn Allingham as my guest on the blog this week. Merryn is the very popular author of the Daisy’s War trilogy of books set in India and London in the 1930s and 40s. Her latest books explore two pivotal moments in the history of...
Reaching Fever Pitch

Reaching Fever Pitch

Striking a Balance Between Modesty and Self-Promotion Today I’m delighted to welcome Carol Cooper to the blog. Carol is a doctor, journalist, and author. She graduated from Cambridge University where she studied medicine and her fellow students. Following a...
Writers’ Rooms #13 – Martine McDonagh

Writers’ Rooms #13 – Martine McDonagh

My guest today is Martine McDonagh the author of After Phoenix and I Have Waited, and You Have Come. From September 2015 Martine will be programme leader on the new MA Creative Writing & Publishing at West Dean College near Chichester.  Martine is very adaptable...
Writers’ Rooms #12- Mari Howard

Writers’ Rooms #12- Mari Howard

My guest today is Clare Wiener who writes under the name of Mari Howard. Clare/Mari is a descendant, through her paternal grandfather, of the same family as Sir Ebenezer Howard who created the concept of Garden Cities. As well as a writer she is also a painter, and...
Writers’ Rooms #10 – A.D. Starrling

Writers’ Rooms #10 – A.D. Starrling

My guest today is A.D. Starrling, author of the award-winning action thriller series Seventeen. A.D. was born on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean and came to the UK at the age of twenty to study medicine. In between writing her novels she still practises...
Writers’ Rooms #9 – Derek Birks

Writers’ Rooms #9 – Derek Birks

My guest this week is author, Derek Birks. Born in the UK, Derek spent his teens in New Zealand. After returning to the UK as a teacher he took early retirement several years ago to concentrate on his historical fiction writing. Derek lives in Hampshire. Show us...