I’m thrilled to share that the Italian edition of THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE is now available in bookstores in Italy. Thank you to the publishers of that edition, Newton Compton, for putting together such a beautiful edition of the book. I am delighted that Anna, Max, Wil and Isabelle will be travelling to Italy-… Read more
I have been appreciating the warm summer weather here enormously while having breaks from an intense round of edits of SECRET SHORES- my fourth novel due for release in September with Lake Union Publishing. We are about to look at cover designs which is exciting and I’m delighted to be talking a bit more about… Read more
Why is is that we are drawn to stories about the Second World War? What is it about this tragic event that changed the course of the lives of a generation that makes us want to read about it? I would argue that reading novels give us the chance to get inside the head of… Read more
I have been asked by several readers for book club questions for The House By The Lake. What I’m interested in when researching and writing these novels is the idea of secret histories- stories of families and people who have largely been forgotten, whose histories may have been overlooked as not important enough to be… Read more
Thank you so much to everyone involved for such a wonderful first two release days for The House by the Lake! I am so thrilled that the story is resonating with people- as as writer, that’s exactly what I want to do. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed The House by the Lake… Read more
In The House By The Lake, Anna is the proud owner of the Italian Cafe in Chestnut Street. San Fransisco has quite a history associated with its Italian delis and Anna is a keen perpetrator of the city’s long standing traditions. Once, San Francisco was known as ‘delicatessan heaven,’ but now, there are only a… Read more
I find every aspect of writing a novel most enjoyable, but carrying out research is an especially pleasing part of my work. When researching The House By The Lake, I became utterly drawn into life in 1930’s Germany. Of course, for the majority of the population, things were simply tough. The great depression, the fallout… Read more
Creating characters is an odd thing. For me, it is intuitive and not intellectual at all. Something needs to resonate between me and a character, and then they begin to form themselves into something quite real in my head. After writing Paris Time Capsule, my fictional character Isabelle de Florian stayed with me- I wanted… Read more
The House By The Lake is a very special book to me. Like Paris Time Capsule, it is inspired by a true story- this time of an old Schloss in the former East Germany. A friend of mine has these beautiful photos in her house of what to me, clearly looked like a palace. Of… Read more