I was thrilled to discover that Death of a Princess has made it onto the longlist for the inaugural SpyMasters Book Prize. As you can see from the list below, it’s in distinguished company. I don’t expect I’ll be on the shortlist when it’s announced in October, so I will make the most of it …
I’ve been taking a break from writing. To begin with, I decided to step back from my day job writing podcast scripts. The plan was, I would spend more time developing my own fiction projects. I mapped out five prospective ideas for new books, and with the help of my agent whittled it down to …
As well as writing historical novels such as Death of a Princess, I also work as a scriptwriter for a number of True Crime and History podcasts. The latest is A Curious History of your Home, which you can listen to on BBC Sounds. I explore the different requirements and challenges of the two types …
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November/December is always a stressful time for any author who’s had a book come out in the preceding year. Everywhere you look, you see books of the year lists, in which your book inevitably doesn’t feature. So it was a truly unexpected surprise to discover that Death of a Princess has been picked by not …
Death of a Princess makes best books of 2024 round-up (twice!) Read More »
Whenever Beryl Bainbridge finished a novel, she would make a painting inspired by the book. It feels like it might have been a way of getting the novel fully out of her system, enabling her to move on to a new project. Although apparently, the real reason was that when she was writing she missed …