So it all started with the time change. Fool that I am, I hadn’t realised that there are different time zones across the US and while I kept moving west, […] Read More

So to get to Witchita, you have to fly in a small plane. I appreciate the term ‘small’ is relative: I am not talking about a two seater, but frankly […] Read More

Day 3: it must be Wichita… (sorry, I have always wanted to say that). I write this from Departure Gate Nine at La Guardia Airport. My bag is already at […] Read More

One of the unexpected consequences of having your novels translated into different languages is that you gradually become overwhelmed with editions of your own books. Few of which you can […] Read More

Argh. I’m wincing with shame at the realisation that it’s a month since The Girl You Left Behind hit the shelves. A whole month in which I’ve singularly failed to […] Read More

  So last week saw a break in my usual novelist’s routine of onesie, animal husbandry, school runs and plot-related despair. I went to New York. I’ll just say that […] Read More

I don’t read enough. I’m aware that’s a ridiculous thing for a writer to say. But I can’t read in the day, and at night I’ve become one of those […] Read More

… but firstly I just had to post this: It was broadcast while I was on holiday, so I woke up one morning to an endless stream of tweets going: […] Read More

I’m amazed how long Marian Keyes’s books have been lumped into that derogatory catch-all “chicklit”. I can only assume most of the commentators who do so haven’t actually read her. […] Read More

  Are you an aspiring writer? Enter Marie-Claire magazine’s Inspire and Mentor competition and you may end up with me as your personal tutor. This will involve lots of chatting, […] Read More