Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written seven book, three are published the other four are various stages of the editorial process or being pitched to publishers.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Held”, which is the Dutch word for hero, set against the backdrop of World War two in Holland. It is the story of a reclusive professor who hides a Jewish student in his attic which sets of a chain of events that intertwines 5 lives together in a most extraordinary way. I
was inspired by the fact that 30, 000 Jewish people were kept alive, hidden in people’s homes during the Holocaust in Holland. 120,000 Jewish people were taken and only 5,000 returned from the camps. Which meant that the acts of everyday hero’s through the most dire of circumstances help preserve a generation of Dutch Jews.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to my edits, by having the computer reading them to me, normally while I walk around my writing studio. I lay out two large pieces of paper and write the edits down as I lap.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Agatha Christie
What are you working on now?
I am working on a number of projects, books, screenplays and stage plays right now. I always work by layering projects it helps my creativity. I just finished a book, a thriller similar to the movie/stage play, Wait until Dark but with a modern day twist.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Create a regular writing time.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
First drafts are like shoveling sand into a bucket, you are just collecting it all to craft something later in second draft, i.e. first drafts are always perfect, because all they have to do is exist.
What are you reading now?
Kate Morton – The Clockmakers Daughter
What’s next for you as a writer?
I am in the process of outlining a story set around another very famous story, from another characters point of view.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Night Circus, The Lake House, The Tigers Wife
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