

At the moment, I walk through a King’s Cross that changes daily, and have a swim, on the way to the British Library, and this feels amazing. There is much that is unglamorous about a writer’s life… and much that is privileged. She spent her early years in ‘the village of the damned’ – Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire – which was the location for the celebrated 1960 film based on John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos – and the inspiration for her Hammer novella TOUCHED. Joanna is the author of Mothers and Other Lovers, Skin and the highly acclaimed Sleep with Me which was published in ten countries and adapted for television.

Today I’m handing over the reins of the CTG blog to Joanna Briscoe whose latest novella TOUCHED is published today.
