Author Interviews

Today, I’m delighted to welcome author, Bobbie Darbyshire to my blog. Bobbie is the author of three novels: Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones, Truth Games, and (due out this November) Oz. She is currently polishing a fourth. Winner of the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Kevin Cowdall to my blog. Kevin was born in 1959 in Liverpool, England; where he still lives and works. He developed an interest in writing at an early age – ‘Like most teenagers, I wrote poetry, much of which was of the appalling “Moon In June” type, but I gradually started…
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I’m struggling to know how best to introduce my guest today, such is my admiration for him. I could quite simply say that he is among the most brilliant, kindest and wisest souls I have ever had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of, but that wouldn’t capture his essence. On his website, you’ll find the…
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As an avid reader, I’m always excited to discover new authors. And so I was delighted to be contacted by Piers Alexander, author of The Bitter Trade, his first novel. He is also a serial media entrepreneur (I must admit I’m not 100 per cent sure what that means), and lives in London with the singer-songwriter…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Liz Broomfield to my blog. As well as writing non-fiction, Liz is an editor, transcriber and localiser who has been running her own business since 2009. (I’ve recently had the pleasure of working with her on my forthcoming novel, An Unchoreographed Life.) As well as her editing and other work, she…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Glynis Smy to my blog. Glynis Smy (nee Honeycombe), was born and raised in the coastal town of Dovercourt, near Harwich, in the county of Essex, England. She married her school sweetheart, Peter, in 1979 and they produced three amazing children, Darren, Nicola, and Emma. The long hours of a…
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Today I’m delighted to invite Katharine D’Souza to my blog. Katharine writes contemporary novels and the occasional short story. She lives in Birmingham, UK, where her stories are set, although she hopes their themes are universal. She’s fond of reading, drinking tea or wine, and eating cake. These things have been known to feature in…
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Today, I’m delighted to hand over the reins to Tanya Aydon. Tanya is married with four sons, one of them autistic. She lives in Tunbridge Wells and is a part-time painter of portraits and landscapes. She writes novels under her Dutch maiden name, Tanya van Hasselt. As Tanya Aydon, she won joint first prize in last year’s Barbara Pym…
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Today I’m delighted to welcome Ingrid Williams to my blog. Ingrid and I met recently when we attended the London Author Fair. She is a native Californian who now lives with her family in Norway (a country I feel a strong affinity with). She has had a successful career as a financial journalist for Dow Jones Newswires…
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