I grew up in a very small, very religious community. We were at church all the time. We also went to the church school that had about fifty kids, K-12, in two rooms. We worked on our subjects quietly, alone at our desks all day. There was no traditional...
The idea for The Last Wife came to me when I was setting up a local book-group with a friend. While researching book-groups online I came across stories which suggested that not all book-clubs were friendly and welcoming. Reading some accounts of negative...
When I set out to write my latest thriller A WOMAN ALONE, I found myself facing a unique challenge. I was absolutely stoked about the premise: a futuristic SmartHome that may or may not have killed its previous inhabitants. But it also meant that I had to incorporate the elements of sci-fi into my psychological suspense
I came across a video a while back about service dogs, I think it might have been a fundraising appeal, and because I’m of the opinion that dogs are the most amazing, intelligent and emotionally evolved creatures on this planet, of course I stopped to watch. ...
I like to think of myself as a happy person, and the vast majority of people I know would hopefully agree. I laugh a lot, admittedly at silly things because I have what my husband long-identified as a “quirky” sense of humour, and I have a stack of favourite jokes....
Since my childhood I had someone who constantly whispering in my ear, saying that what I was doing was not worth a bit. Everyone hears a similar voice in their worst moments, but in my case the voice was perennial. In my golden years, that voice made me jump like a...
