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April 23, 2020
New video: Murder Most Unladylike 9 update!
A lot of you have been asking about Murder Most Unladylike 9, so I thought I’d give you a quick update video about it! The most important news is that it ABSOLUTELY WILL still be coming out on the 6th August 2020 in the UK and Ireland (pre-order it at Blackwell’s, Waterstones, Amazon or your local indie if they’re open at the moment) and I WILL be able to reveal the cover and title at the beginning of May.… Read more
April 20, 2020
Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 5
It’s Week 5! As always, your responses to Week 4’s prompt were fabulous. Everything from Sylvia Plath to Hogwarts to Taylor Swift – that’s the best thing about fiction, it’s as unique as the people writing it! I particularly loved Annie’s serial killer take on La Belle Dame Sans Merci, and Inaya’s beautiful story inspired by The New Colossus.… Read more
April 19, 2020
Cream Buns and Crime on the Puffin Podcast!
My publishers Puffin have a brand-new podcast to help you pass the time during lockdown! The Puffin Podcast is launching today (Sunday the 19th of April), and you can listen to the first three episodes NOW – and episode 1, Under the Sea, has an extract from the Cream Buns and Crime audiobook!… Read more
April 13, 2020
Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 4
Welcome to Week 4 of my writing prompts, Detectives! Again, thank you so much for your amazing, enthusiastic responses to Week 3. I love seeing how creative you’re being with these prompts! Lydia’s lyrical entry from the perspective of an actress arriving in LA, Lilla’s hilarious diary of a mint plant and Xydel’s very smart diary of Alexa caught my eye this week, but it was so hard to choose – everyone who submitted entries should feel so proud of themselves.… Read more
Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 3
Welcome to Week 4 of my writing prompts, Detectives! Again, thank you so much for your amazing, enthusiastic responses to Week 3. I love seeing how creative you’re being with these prompts! Lydia’s lyrical entry from the perspective of an actress arriving in LA, Lilla’s hilarious diary of a mint plant and Xydel’s very smart diary of Alexa caught my eye this week, but it was so hard to choose – everyone who submitted entries should feel so proud of themselves.… Read more
April 10, 2020
Puffin Storytime with Robin Stevens
My publisher Puffin has shared a video of me reading the first three chapters of Murder Most Unladylike, and I thought you might enjoy it this weekend. If you want to hear the whole book, the audio version is narrated by the marvellous Gemma Chan, and you can download it from Audible.… Read more
April 6, 2020
Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 3
Hello Detectives! This is week 3 of my writing prompts – and again, I was bowled over by the quality and variety of your responses to week 2’s prompt. Bel’s vampire representation story made me laugh out loud, and Esme’s updated Arachne myth was so clever. I’m also thrilled by how positive and friendly you’re being.… Read more
April 3, 2020
Video: writing a diary!
Hello Detectives,
I hope you’re all OK! I’ve made a video all about writing a diary – why you might want to do it right now, why I think it’s better to imagine your diary as research than as a story you’re telling and why it’s important to record what’s happening to you.… Read more
April 1, 2020
Books.Ink interview with Robin Stevens
March 1st seems a long time ago now … but on that day I was lucky enough to be interviewed by brilliant bloggers Helene, Emma, Philippe and Louise. Their interview is up now on their site Books.Ink, and I think you should all go and read it!… Read more
March 30, 2020
Writing Prompt Mondays: Prompt 2
Hello Detectives! I’m thinking of you all this week. I was so impressed and proud to see the response to my first writing prompt. Your stories and ideas were brilliant and varied, and your talent is incredible – but I also love seeing how supportive you’re being of each other.… Read more
