I’ve always been fascinated with stories, and started writing from a young age. I remember being inspired by ‘The Garden Gang’ by Jayne Fisher who was published at just 9 years old. If she could do it, maybe I could be an author! I still remember being 9 and having my story read out to the whole year group at school; it was so embarrassing but such a thrill at the same time. I was 19 when I started writing my first novel. What followed was several manuscripts that reached 20,000 words then...