The best thing about writing novels is that the starting point for a story is invariably many miles away from where it ends up taking you.  In the case of ‘Good Girls’ my initial intention was to write about two sisters who had fallen out over a man. Kat and Eleanor...

I’ve always been fascinated by where authors get their ideas. I love understanding how something small like a snippet of conversation, a song lyric, a view, or a building can grow into a novel.   The Secret to Happiness came from the merging of two ideas around a...

How this California Girl landed a spot in British Publishing Meghan Markle did it, so did Cora in Downton Abbey, along with Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. Meghan is the first American to become officially engaged to a member of the British Royal Family, American-born...