I Think I Was Dealt

I've Been Very Lucky And I Have A Happy Old Age With Good Family And Friends Still Around.

My Father Went To Work By Train Every Day. It Was Half An Hour's Journey Each Way, And He Would Read A Paperback In Four Journeys. After Supper, We All Sat Down To Read - It Was Long Before Tv, Remember!

If You Write What You Know About, You Will Always Be On Safe Ground. I Am Very Edgy And Nervous About Going Into Territories I Know Nothing About. That's Why You Don't Find Much High Finance, Group Sex, Or Yachting Parties In My Stories.

If I See Marian Keyes' Books Or Patricia Scanlan's Books Given More Prominence Than Mine In The Bookstore, I'll Move Mine To The Front. I've Told Them I Do This, And They've Confessed To Doing The Same Thing To Me.

I Try To Make My Characters Kind Of Ordinary, Somebody That Anybody Could Be. Because We've All Had Loves, Perhaps Love And Loss, People Can Relate To My Characters.