I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff

Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens