The Interview that never was…

As we all know these are unusual times, so last week I decided to combine my new home-schooling duties with the need to do something to promote this month’s launch of The Appearance of Mystery (the third book in the Rockpools series). The idea was for our eight year...

Where do stories come from?

Where do stories come from? I’m sometimes asked where the ideas for my books come from. The answer is usually rather mundane – I’ll start from something I see on TV, or read in a newspaper. But sometimes it’s a bit more interesting. For one of my books, the idea came...

The Politics Poll – results

Hello and welcome to the results of my reader poll. I did wonder if it was a stupid idea to send out a poll on the political views of my readers, particularly given I did so only a couple of weeks after proudly declaring that one of my New Year’s Resolutions would be...

An alternative Christmas message…

Not a lot of people know this, but before I became an author my job was to ‘deliver Christmas’. In my home town of Bournemouth at least. No, I wasn’t Santa, nor one of his Elves, but somehow I found myself running a not-for-profit company that worked with the shops in...

Pre-order Rockpools 2 now…

I have news. My new book The Lornea Island Detective Club (the sequel to The Things you find in Rockpools) will be released at some point in the next few weeks and is available to pre-order now. All the early feedback has been pleasingly positive and we’re just doing...

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