Hard workers...

I think I work hard. Yes, I'm good at kidding myself. But some writers work really, really hard. I've just had a message from Rosie Goodwin, first published six years ago and now writing book nineteen for Headline. Rosie spent a long time in the literary wilderness, writing several novels before she got her big break with The Bad Apple, but since that first novel came out there's been no stopping her, and she's now one of Headline's biggest sellers.

She's a great example of what persistence, determination and talent can achieve, as a quick look at her website at http://www.rosiegoodwin.co.uk will reveal. Rosie has long been hailed as the natural successor to Catherine Cookson, and for once the comparison is justified.