When I wrote The Medium, I knew it would raise some eyebrows for both believers and non-believers of the afterlife. Belief is a very personal subject, whether it is the subject of God, a particular religion, or whether someone's passed love one is still around. To some people, the belief in these elements allow people to move on, have hope and gives people structure within their lives. While on the other side, people are frustrated that people can be taken advantage of, are misguided or use their beliefs as an excuse to discriminate against others. Most people are in the former or latter, with a fairly limited middle ground of those agnostic people who go "well there could be something out there...".

Therefore writing The Medium was hard. The book follows an atheist who is approached by a psychic claiming to know the whereabouts of his missing wife.

It was a difficult task writing for a niche middle audience. The sweet spot of those who would appreciate the book for what it was... and could keep an open mind to the end and not be disappointed in whatever the outcome would be. They wouldn't be frustrated when the books look at the tricks of psychics, nor would they be horrified should the book take a spiritual ending. Whilst with the extreme ends of the arguments would never be satisfied. The believers would be furious should anyone question the works of a psychic and the non-believers wouldn't even pick the book up in the first place.

I tried to keep the book quite balanced. On one hand the exposure of some of the deceit that well known mediums are known to implore are shown, while on the other, spiritual enlightenment and open mindedness is deep-rooted into the novel.

While niche, it is a fascinating subject, certainly to me, as not even Richard Dawkins himself can possibly say what is in store for us next, as none of us will know until it happens to us. The work of psychics and the question around the beyond is simply a backdrop to The Medium, which is a story about love, devotion, deceit and how people with closed minds on either side of an argument can lose sight of what is really important.