My Own Summer Theatre
My love of theatre started when I was aged ten and my parents took me to see a local amateur … Continued
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Writing Her Hidden Life
As I point out in my Author’s Note for the book, the idea for Her Hidden Life came from an
Researching an Orphan’s War
When Avon suggested I write a series of novels set in Liverpool in a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage in the Second
The Importance of Flowers
Before writing The Memories of Us, my relationship with flowers was probably not dissimilar to that of most people—I considered
How to Have an Adventure at Any Age
I have so enjoyed reading recent reviews of my debut novel, A Grand Old Time, and there seems to be
Ten Points About Guilt
A brief summary. My psychological thriller Guilt begins with a stabbing, leaving one twin sister dead, and the other
How real crime inspired The Rebel
There’s been an alarming increase in fatal gun and knife attacks across London. Most of victims are young people
Life in Devon
In 2015 we sold our house in Cheltenham to someone who was moving out of London. She declared it absolutely
MJ Ford on his writing journey to Hold My Hand
First off, I think I’ve been pretty lucky with my journey into writing. I started out as an editor of children’s
Joining Avon as a digital-first author
When my agent, Anne Williams, phoned me to say that Avon was interested in my first novel, Saving Sophie, I
Why our authors love Avon
Here at Avon Books UK we count ourselves lucky to have some absolutely incredible authors on our list. We publish
Writing as Ellen Berry
Hello! It’s lovely to be here, on the shiny new Avon website. As an author, I have been with Avon
Claudia’s Book Deal Moment
Like a lot of authors, for about as long as I can remember, I’d been scribbling down stories and embarrassingly
Why I Write Crime
Writing crime is something I thought I would never do. I first started penning contemporary women’s fiction, but when I
My Perfect Year
As I write this, my second book – Perfect Prey – is 20 days from publication. My debut crime novel
Paul Finch and Ash Cameron undercover
I’m pretty sure soon there’ll be a medical term for crime-fiction addiction. The nation is seriously suffering. If you too