Kate Forsyth

I think, you know, the start of the English Civil War.

I love Sarah Waters.

Sarah Waters could write anything and I would buy it straight away.

The English writer who wrote Fingersmith.

Fingersmith, I think, is a work of genius.

No, it has the best plot twist.

It has the best plot twist.

I use it when I teach creative writing because I use it to teach people how to set up a twist.

For me, the two great secrets of a great story are suspense and

That unbearable need to know, to keep on reading to find out what happens.

And surprise.

Something that happens that rocks you back on your heels.

And then of course you go, but of course, how could I have not seen it coming?

Because it's there all the time, lurking under the surface.

That's what I try and do in my own writing.

And that's what I love.

in other writers.

I just read a great book called Take Courage, Anne Bronte and the Art of Life, which is a biblio memoir, a memoir of Anne Bronte.

I'm a mad Bronte fan, but I just can't believe that Anne Bronte is not as widely celebrated as her more famous sisters.

But I tell you what, Kate, I review every book that I love.