The tip of writing what you know can be empowering, primarily because it allows an insecure author to root their story in something honest.

My debut novel experience surprises people and, to be honest, it still surprises me.

Grief flows. It changes shape. I don’t believe it ever leaves us, nor should we want it to.

London may continue to be the heart of publishing, but it is a lot healthier if regional writers and booksellers fill it with endless supply of creativity, passion

How would you go on if your home was taken from you? Your family? Your language?

It’s only after she falls apart and truly faces her own powerlessness that she finally meets herself, and finds a pack.

People started coming up to me after panels, telling me they “loved how unapologetic you are”. What exactly am I supposed to be apologising for?

The thing about myths is that they are always changing.

It is long past time for all the hidden women to be brought from the shadows into the light of their own stories.

I don’t approach the basic act of storytelling differently when I’m writing about kissing than when I’m writing about swordfights, and I think it would be rather odd if I did.

Still, a few weeks ago someone asked me what advice I would give my pre- publication self and I realised that I wouldn’t do very much differently.