Fiction

How is a story born? From where do the ideas for novels come? Rebecca Mascull explores one of the most interesting questions we can ask of a story:...

How to write a perfect villain.

Kieran Fanning on writing a book for all children.

At the Harrogate Crime Festival, novelists discussed how rapid developments in forensics and crime-fighting were influencing modern crime fiction....

Author Dinah Jefferies discusses the writing process and whether it's important to plan your plot before you start.