What started your writing journey? To me, writing is the creation of alternative worlds. It’s a little bit like playing god for a pastime. Who wouldn’t want to do that? I know it’s a cliché, but I really did always want to be a writer. I wrote little plays and my own little magazines at ...

Firstly, huge congratulations on receiving the Dylan Thomas prize! Can you tell us a bit about what being shortlisted for this prize means to you? –The prize is a necessary boost in confidence. This book is my first attempt, after many false starts, in fiction writing. I never once stepped into a fiction workshop—so to ...

Questions by Meg Narramore. Firstly, huge congratulations on receiving the Dylan Thomas prize! Can you tell us a bit about what being shortlisted for this prize means to you? It means a lot to be shortlisted for this prize, particularly since I grew up reading and enjoying poems by Dylan Thomas, including ‘Fern Hill’, ‘Do ...

Can you tell us a little bit about your new novel, Dark Corners?   Dark Corners is a story that follows Neve, who in 1998 leaves the small mining town she grew up in after her best friend Chloe disappears. She was never found, but a rumour circulated around that someone they called The Drifter ...

1. Congratulations on your debut, The Authenticity Project, which has been getting a lot of (fully deserved) positive feedback, how scary was it to have your debut novel out in the world, but also how pleasing for it to have been received so well? Launching a debut is terrifying! You spend months – years even ...