And here it is -- the last of my 50th birthday posts!! (It fell on July 2nd.) Four very talented Shansters drew beautiful drawings and shared them with me on the special day, and it thrills me to...

Look, I don't want to milk my 50th birthday (which fell on the 2nd of July), but I have two more posts to share, one today and one tomorrow, and then I'll be done with it -- promise!!!

So,...

When I looked on my Twitter feed this morning, there were quite a few emails from Japanese fans, telling me my name was trending on Twitter in Japan -- a nice way to start the day!!

Basically,...

I started a new book today.

Apart from some picture books that I've been working on over the last couple of years, it's the first bit of new writing I've done since I finished the first draft of...

It's another Tattoo Tuesday, and today's offering comes to us courtesy of a fan called Maria.

Maria opted for my most-tattooed of quotes, and managed to get it done in my handwriting. A brave...

Back over the Easter break in April, the Shans went on a short holiday to Clonakilty in County Cork in Ireland. We enjoyed some lovely weather while we were there (a rarity at any time in Ireland,...