I'm a journalist and author. My work has appeared in the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the Independent on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the New Statesman and the Evening Standard magazine.  

For a recent interview with me by Carol Polsgrove, Professor of Journalism at Indiana University.

My latest book is MAD GIRL'S LOVE SONG: SYLVIA PLATH AND LIFE BEFORE TED (31 January 2013 in the UK, 5 February in the US).

My previous books include:

BEAUTIFUL SHADOW: A LIFE OF PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

THE LYING TONGUE (a novel)

HAROLD ROBBINS: THE MAN WHO INVENTED SEX

SHADOW OF THE TITANIC: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED