The Christian Science Monitor has recently published a rather sobering list of the books noted by the American Library Association as the most frequently 'challenged' during 2000. It's mostly an extraordinary mixture of children's books (thought elsewhere to be helpfully encouraging children to read) and literary novels, which deal with major issues of our time: Read more
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'I'm very reassuringly honest'
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more