One week from today... the gag will be coming off!!!

Two exciting things happen on Tuesday, July 26th.

1 - The final book of my Archibald Lox series goes on sale.

2 - To celebrate the...

Over the Easter break the Shan clan headed for the Clonakilty Park Hotel, where we spent a lovely few days. They have a cinema on site, which was a big bonus in my books, though my son Dante...

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...