We are having a glorious early summer here on the Isle of Wight. From the window of my little writing room I can see the sea glittering through the trees and the air is heavy with the smell of honeysuckle and elderflowers. Piled on my desk are books ranging from Richard Dawkins to Stephen Hawking, the mystic tomes of Evelyn Underhill and William James and everything in between from Karen Armstrong to the modern mystics/philosophers Ken Wilber and Eckhart Tolle. I'm plunging myself into all this research for a possible non-fiction book looking into the extremes of spiritual beliefs and non-beliefs in order to discover a rational balance. Science and religion can so often seem opposed resulting in antagonism and fundamentalism. But surely we only know a fraction of what there is still to be known, experienced and discovered. Readers have often asked me about the spiritual views expressed by my characters and I would like to explore this in more depth. Of course I am not clever enough to discuss the astonishing and strange worlds of quantum physics, cosmology and the vast history of world religions which are each a lifetime's speciality. However, I am a human being who is curious and who also has had some experiences which give me confidence to realise that there is more to life than what I can know through the limitation of my five - or even six - senses. Maybe, oneday, there will be a scientific explanation and maybe the spiritual and scientific approaches are two different paths to the same understanding. Arrogance can be such a block to openness. Therefore I begin my research with lightness, a sense of humour and humility......

THE UNDERCLIFF NOVELS continue to sell and I enjoy the feedback and emails from readers.
ROCKEN EDGE is now published in Norwegian.
TRAMPLING SNOWDROPS has not found a publisher but is available as a PDF download or to put on e-readers. Email me on my contact me page for details.