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Jennifer Saint’s top 5 books about sisters

At the heart of my novel Ariadne is the relationship between two sisters. Ariadne and…

Krystal Sutherland on Portals and Liminal Spaces in YA

If I ask you to think of a portal fantasy – a story in which…

K. J. Maitland on where she writes and how it plays into her work

When I moved to a little cottage in Devon a few years ago, I adopted…

Future Perfect author Felicia Yap on how fashion inspires her

I’m a sucker for fine fashion. I have roamed endless designer boutiques in London, New…

Jennifer Anton on Mussolini’s Impact on Women and the Danger of History Repeating Itself

In 2006, when I started researching my grandmother’s life in Italy, I knew almost nothing…

The real Bond Girls – was the character of James Bond inspired by a real female spy?

I was brought up on the idea that there was an alpha male spy, James…

Damien Lewis on the inspiration behind SAS Band of Brothers

Sometimes, a book subject comes to you serendipitously, out of the blue. The wartime story…

James Wilson on the inspiration and research behind his thriller Coyote Fork

Hands up if you’ve heard of Ray Kurzweil. If you haven’t heard of him, you’re…

Clare Whitfield on the idea behind her dark historical crime novel People of Abandoned Character

The idea for the story, a woman who thinks she might be married to the…