Dora Popular culture of TV, film and crime novels would have us believe the role of a sex worker is largely to be a nameless body in the background: perhaps […]
Tag: Behind The Book
Behind The Book: Code Name Sapphire
I’m often asked how I find the ideas for my books. The short answer is: I go looking for them. Although my love for stories set around the Second World […]
Behind The Book: Angels of the Resistance
I was fifteen the first time I read a novel with historical elements in it. The book was a romance. Zoya, by Danielle Steel, and I can remember vividly, decades […]
Behind The Book: The Librarian Spy
The Inspiration By Madeline Martin My inspiration for The Librarian Spy came from two real areas of WWII – the American librarians who were sent to neutral countries to gather […]