I have recently received two reviews of my second children’s book The Night Agnes Florence Emily Danced Before The Emperor and one review of my third children’s book The Five Adventures of Romilly Esmeralda. I’m delighted to share these thoughtful reflections below.
On 18th July 2024, Edward Glover was featured as ‘The History Man’ on the North Norfolk Living.
This new tale is about fears and apprehensions which some children and indeed some adults prefer not to encounter or experience.
On 26 March 2024 while in the FCDO in King Charles Street I presented a copy of my first children’s book – The King Who Ate My Breakfast – to my FCDOA colleague Tim Handley. The photo is courtesy of Ian Jones.
My granddaughter is autistic, and she is the inspiration behind my latest children’s story – The Night Agnes Florence Emily Dance Before the Emperor.
In my second children’s story – The Night Agnes Florence Emily Danced Before the Emperor – the principal character is of course Agnes, always looking for peace and quiet in a noisy world. The other notable character – her secret and very special friend – is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose music lulls her to sleep…
After writing six novels in six years and already with an idea for a seventh, it never crossed my mind to write a children’s story. But after a chance remark by my daughter, I decided to take a ‘time out’ and have a go. We’ve all heard young children being urged by tedious adults to…
Having written six novels in six years (The Herzberg Trilogy, The Executioner’s House, The Lute Player, and more recently Dark Obsession), I wanted to write something entirely different before beginning another novel. So last year – in the midst of other everyday work – I conceived and completed a children’s book for the 7-9 year…
I was delighted to be recently invited to discuss lockdown, the FCO, and my latest novel with Amanda Loose, editor of North Norfolk Living. Her interview, The sound of silence, can be read on the magazine’s website.
Fictional women have been the central characters in all six of my books. First, in the Herzberg Trilogy, which spans the period from 1765 to 1918, there are three generations of musically gifted and ambitious women, crucial to what happens against the backdrop of peace and war. Then there is Karin Eilers – a young…
I still work part-time as a Director (Communication), editing a FCO-related magazine Inside Out and sit on three boards. But writing books is my greatest pleasure. The themes come easily and the words without difficulty. I write when I can – no set daily routine. And wherever I go, I carry with me a small…
I published my first novel – The Music Book – in 2014, the year I ran the London Marathon and two years after ending a full-time diplomatic career. I never intended to write more than one. I simply wanted to prove to myself that after years of Foreign Office drafting I was capable of writing…