Recent Interviews
Here are a couple of recent interviews from the publicity for The American Girl. I really enjoyed doing these. The Killer Inside My Holiday Killer Reads Interview When Life Is Creepier Than Fiction The Strand Magazine
Bouchercon: Blood on the Bayou
I’m so thrilled to have been invited to take part in a panel event at Bouchercon, which is happening in New Orleans this year! I’ve always wanted to visit New Orleans and I couldn’t be more excited to be discussing strong lead characters with wonderful authors Karin Salvalaggio, Rachel Howzell Hall, Kristi Belcamino, Ysra Sigurdardottir and the lovely Kristopher Zgorski, Bolo Books […]
Girls of Summer
My new novel, The American Girl, comes out soon and I’m getting excited (and a little bit nervous!). I’ve been lucky to have some lovely feedback from some authors I really admire, including Megan Abbott, Lori Rader-Day and Hilary Davidson. It meant a lot to me that writers who have inspired me were generous with their time and read my […]
Cover for The American Girl
I was so excited to see the final cover for THE AMERICAN GIRL. I love the mysterious image of a girl used in the design and the blurb for the book, “What she can’t remember, they’ll never forget.” The novel – due out with William Morrow (US) and HarperCollins (UK) July 2016 – is now up on the HarperCollins site. […]
Bride of Frankenstein Art Collaboration
I’ve recently had another chance to collaborate with artist Vineta Gailite. Vineta’s hand-made dolls, sculptures and shadow puppet theatre work, Imaginary Islands, are beautiful, eery and full of atmosphere. I love the way each of her pieces tells a story or draws on one. For our last project together, I commissioned Vineta to make some special puppets and in return I made her […]
Scottish First Book of the Year Award
I was so thrilled when my publisher at Barbican Press, Martin Goodman, called to tell me I’d been shortlisted for the Scottish First Book of the Year (Saltire) Award. I travelled to Hoy and wrote The Monster’s Wife out of my fascination with Shelley’s novel, with Orkney as place and because of my sense of the developing character of “the Bride”. It was […]
Launch event at The Atlantis Bookshop
Many thanks to everyone who came to the London launch event for The Monster’s Wife last Thursday at the marvellous Atlantis Bookshop in London! It was a lovely evening and I had so much fun seeing old friends and meeting new people too. In the end I even enjoyed the reading, having been a little bit nervous beforehand! Bali and Geraldine, the mother and […]
Interview with Female First
Extract from my interview with Lucy Moore at Female First: What made you want to re-envision Frankenstein? About three years ago, I went to see Danny Boyle’s adaptation of Frankenstein, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller alternating in the roles of doctor and creature. There’s a scene in the play where Victor Frankenstein is on Orkney. He stands in a dark room with a naked woman he […]
Reviews of The Monster’s Wife
I’ve read some lovely reviews of The Monster’s Wife so far. It’s really nice to know that reviewers have enjoyed the book. Much of what they’ve said has been really insightful and thought-provoking too. Here are some extracts and links to US and UK reviews on the web: Culturefly Review by Sue Sheard: “an excellent read for the long dark nights of winter. ★★★★★” “Oona […]
Advance Praise from K J Wignall
I’m honoured and touched to have received some fantastic advance praise for The Monster’s Wife from K J Wignall, an author whose work I’ve long admired: This is a superb debut, an atmospheric and gripping mystery that picks up where the original Frankenstein left off. But to call it a sequel would do it no justice, because this book is fresh and original, and […]