by Nia Beynon | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ten years ago, my husband Haydn took me to the most amazing hotel, Wrea Head Hall in Scalby near Scarborough, for my birthday (which is at Christmas). I still vividly remember walking in through the big, old, Victorian entrance doors and feeling as though I’d...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was inspired to write The Tuscan Orphan when a friend told me about how his parents met for the first time in northern Italy when his mother was with the American Army Nurse Corps and that she’d looked after a group of orphans in the immediate aftermath of the...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
The inspiration behind My Best Friend’s Secret is three thriller films: Fatal Attraction (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), and Single White Female (1992). The premise for all three is to be careful of who you invite into your life. Pacific Heights and Single White...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mention the Great War and most people’s thoughts will turn to the Somme, to Ypres and Mons and the slaughter of men in their thousands, the muddy trenches, the mustard gas, the senseless waste. The first soldier, Private John Parr was killed on 21st August 1914 but...
by Nia Beynon | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I’m researching my books, I use various Facebook groups to discover small details that I might not find in books – and people are always so generous in responding. Earlier this year I asked for any detail/stories handed down from grandparents relating to WW1, in...
