by jenna | May 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I was writing My (not so) Perfect Summer, I had the opportunity to think back on some of the summer jobs I did when I was at university. My children are just through the ‘summer job’ phase, as they’re both in full-time employment, but they seem to have fared...
by jenna | May 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Norfolk Murders: Why Bacton Wood? The plan was always a trilogy for Ashley Knight. I wanted to progress the relationships and some themes throughout all three books. I also knew the second book would be at a Hunstanton caravan park, and the third would start in a...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the questions I’m often asked is whether the storylines and characters in my novels are based on real life people or events. The truth is that most things that happen to me, good or bad, find their way into my writing, and this book was inspired by a true story...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m a great believer in ‘write about what you know’ but I was only a small child during WW2 and the memories of that time are few and far between. I do vaguely remember being bundled up in a siren suit, a Mickey Mouse gas mask slung around my neck and me crying as my...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Plants and herbs have always fascinated me, by enhancing the flavours in our food, from their healing properties – not to mention those amazing perfumes. By soaking a handful of petals from Dad’s rose tree in cold water for a few weeks, I ventured into...
by Claire | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
A blog post by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller My mother was Anglo Indian, the daughter of Raja in India and spent four years living with her Indian family just before the war. She wrote her memoirs of that time and the first part of this two book series is based...
