Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.
I had a happy childhood in a village which still sported a blacksmith and traditional shop. As I grew up the "village" rapidly became incorporated into the suburban sprawl of South Manchester. I went …
Hannah Beckerman is an author, journalist, event chair and broadcaster. In the UK she writes for a range of publications including The Observer and The FT Weekend Magazine, and appears as a book criti…