Emily Hepditch – Drawn to the Gothic
At university you studied linguistics, psychology, and criminology. That sounds like a scholastic blueprint for writing Gothic literature. Was that in your mind even then? And why Gothic? I think…
Lindsay Ruck – “Black history is our collective history”
Can you describe your research process? Where did you look for information? I imagine you found some gaps in the documentation – how did you fill those? I was…
More than groceries in Susan Flanagan’s shopping cart
I’ve read that John Hughes was inspired to write Home Alone after momentarily losing track of one of his children. While I’m sure you’ve never left a supermarket with someone…
Megan Gail Coles: Holding up the mirror
You write plays, short stories, novels, and now poetry. What are the challenges and rewards of each form? What will readers find in your poetry that would be different from…
Kevin Major: Man of Mysteries Part 2
Kevin Major’s first novel, Hold Fast, was published in 1978 (and made into a very fine feature film in 2013). Since then he’s steadily produced YA books and historical fiction,…
Kevin Major: Man of Mysteries part 1
Kevin Major’s first novel, Hold Fast, was published in 1978 (and made into a very fine feature film in 2013). Since then he’s steadily produced YA books and historical fiction,…