Vaddey Ratner

Simon & Schuster describes In the Shadow of the  Banyan as being based on a true story. Author Vaddey Ratner (pronounced Va...

Attica Locke

American author Attica Locke picked up an Orange Prize nomination in 2009 for her début novel Black Water Rising, a much-praised...

The characters in James Meek’s The Heart Broke In (Canongate, August) are each exploring the boundaries of existence, sliding...

Speaking immediately after winning the Orange Prize for Fiction with The Song of Achilles (Bloomsbury) Madeline Miller said the book,...

Michelle Paver burst onto the bestseller lists with the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, a six-part adventure series set in the Stone Age...

Lisa Ballantyne may be nervous about the reception of her début, already being dubbed “an international sensation” before...

Stephen Leather is one of a growing band of authors that have risen to prominence thanks to the e-book. In fact, Leather was the first UK Kindle...

The secrets of a wealthy East Coast family lie at the heart of Liza Klaussmann’s début, Tigers in Red Weather, which was...

Simon Armitage CBE begins the interview with an interesting admission: “You can’t write poems every day. You can’t always live...

Barbara Erskine's novels occupy a unique place on the bookshelves. Part historical, part romance, with elements of mystery and shades of the...

Gaynor Arnold’s début novel, Girl in a Blue Dress, from Birmingham-based independent Tindal Street Press, achieved the...

Annabel Karmel is the biggest-selling author on the parenting bookshelf. Hot on her heels is Contented Baby guru Gina Ford, followed by...

One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. Paul French is—apologetically— quoting Stalin as he explains what it was...