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Occasional articles on stuff around my novels.

Dreaming up The Surprise Party
The Surprise Party is set in Loutró, a real village, on the rugged southern coast of Crete, an island[…]

Walking the dog
While I was writing my new novel, The Perfect Date, I gave it the working title The Dog Walker.[…]

A love letter to Brighton
Here I am for the Royal Literary Fund, talking about setting and the sea, and particularly Brighton and how[…]