You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental...
The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual...
There's just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit...
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are...
The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer I walked...
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old...
I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw...
Both my mum and dad were great readers and we would go every Saturday...
Sep-11 2001 revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through...
There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the...
My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
