I have forty-two cans of beans, ten cans of tuna, twenty-five mars bars, seven rolls of duct tape, five rolls of Bacofoil, twenty batteries for the torch and the wireless radio. In the special box I have three four litre water containers, two first aid kits, a penknife and a plastic bucket and forty-two toilet […]

One of the questions I get asked often about my novel How To Survive Everything is: ‘How did you manage to write such a convincing teenage protagonist?’ It’s a lovely compliment. Sometimes it turns into: ‘why did you write a teenage protagonist?’ or the more pointed ‘what gives you the right to write a teenage […]