Archive for August, 2011

Melvin Burgess and Hallie Rubenhold winners announced!

Thanks to all who entered the World of Books big book giveaway, we have chosen the winners out of a hat and we are happy to announce the winners! Winners of ‘Junk’ by Melvin Burgess: Liza Wiemer (WhoRuBlog) Alice (notestoalice) Irene (irenesophia1968) Winners of a signed copy of ‘Mistress of my Fate’ by Hallie Rubenhold: [...]

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The great book competition at World of Books.com!

Not only were Melvin Burgess and Hallie Rubenhold lovely enough to put up with being interviewed by us, things have only got better! They have both given us copies of their new books to give away to our readers! For a chance to win a SIGNED copy of the newly released Mistress of My Fate [...]

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Melvin Burgess interview with World of Books.com

Born in Sussex in 1954, Melvin Burgess left school with A-levels in Biology and English (a strange but suitably quirky combination!), and promptly enrolled on a journalism course for six months. At 21, he moved to Bristol (where his controversial novel Junk is set) for a few years and began his writing career, experimenting with [...]

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An Interview with Hallie Rubenhold

Born in Los Angeles to a British father and an American mother, Hallie Rubenhold leads a busy life in both the US and UK, where she works as an author, broadcaster, historical consultant and an authority on 18th century British society. Hallie completed a BA in History at the University of Massachusetts. She then embarked [...]

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An Interview with Lilian Harry

Lilian Harry (known during her first few years at Mills & Boon as Nicola West, and then later as Donna Baker), was born in Gosport, near Portsmouth Harbour. Growing up during the terrifying years of the Blitz in a two-up, two-down terraced house, the youngest of four, Lilian aspired to be a writer from an [...]

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