The Nighttide Of Summerlong: Behind The Scenes

I found writing The Nighttide Of Summerlong very rewarding not just because it was my first shot at a proper novel which was to be published, but also because I drew heavily upon real places and locations that I have known.

For example, Claudia's house is a mash-up of three different houses: the house that my father moved into after my mother divorced him (and which she had bought with her own money and gave to him!), the house of my mother's former boss (whose youngest daughter I became frien...