Author Guest Post

Naina Kumar on the inspiration behind Say You’ll Be My Jaan

Say You’ll Be My Jaan, my debut fake-engagement romcom, is the first book I’ve ever…

Araminta Hall on writing when angry

It’s never a good idea to do anything when angry. Except, right now, anger feels…

Ravena Guron on the inspiration behind Catch Your Death

Catch Your Death is my second YA thriller, about three girls who are strangers to…

Ruth Kelly: My close shave with death in the French countryside

Why did I choose to set my latest thriller, The Escape, in the remote French…

Author Justin Lee Anderson’s hometown inspires epic fantasy series

One of the major inspirations for me in writing The Eidyn Saga was that I…

Akshaya Raman on creating the fantasy map for the The Ivory Key duology

I’ve always loved a good fantasy map, so when it came time to design one…

Erika Johansen: Why I would rather read a great yarn than great literature

I always wanted to be a writer. But you can’t really specialize in creative writing…

Helen Hawkins: Why Christmas and romance are the perfect match

Read a romance novel and you know the protagonists will fall in love, but set…

Jack Grimwood on finding the courage to write autism from inside

Arctic Sun, the third of the Tom Fox novels, after Moskva and Nightfall Berlin, is dedicated: For every iteration of…

Helen Fisher on story inspiration and the idea behind Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life

Apparently, a lot of authors don’t like the question “where do you get your ideas…

Author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton talks ‘Momagers’ and her latest book On the Rooftop

My husband was the first to notice that Vivian, the main character in my most…

Jennifer Claessen on taking old stories and reworking them to fit a more modern world

Merlin, the many storied wizard, is different in every version but he is always mostly…