When I wrote The Last Days of Leda Grey, which is based on the earliest days of silent films, one of the dramas I imagined my fictional characters making was inspired by The Unlucky Mummy. Image of the Unlucky Mummy as featured on the cover of Pearson’s Magazine in 1909 Many intriguing and eerie tales…

“We hold in the palms of our hands such secrets as have never been dreamed of.” Well, I saw it last night, and I’m still here to tell the tale of my viewing of The Curse of Frankenstein … the first in many others which I’m planning to be watching over the come the month.…

A writer’s life is varied when it comes to public appearances. Ask any author on a publicity tour and you’ll hear how on one evening they’ll experience venues full of fans, the next more intimate affairs where members of the audience can be counted on the fingers of a hand. I often think of one…

Essie was featured on Phil – Phil the Shelf – Rickman’s Books Programme on BBC Radio Wales this week, in the excellent company of John Connolly, and Matt Lucas. A recording of the programme is here, and Essie comes in at about 11.18. The programme is available to ‘listen again’ for the next 28 days.…

  On November 16 2017, the mass market paperback of THE LAST DAYS OF LEDA GREY will be published, along with a brand new cover …