Hot desking around the West End between a showing of The Long Walk and a Raindance Film School class tonight (not teaching but attending this time)!

Freshly signed copies of GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST now available at Piccadilly Waterstones ✨

THE EX I BURIED is out in just two weeks so here is a collection of my favourite 5 star Netgalley reviews from the last week or two... Pre-order link: geni.us/B0FJFJPQ96au...

THE EX I BURIED IS OUT IN TWO WEEKS TODAY!!! So excited to get this claustrophobic, Christmassy, bitchy, gossipy, twisty thriller out into the world 💀 Just £1.99 on Kindle, free on Kindle Unlimited, and also available in paperback and audio). Preorder: geni.us/B0FJFJPQ96au...

One of my author dreams is to reach 1,000 reviews on Amazon, and I think I can do it with MY DAUGHTER'S REVENGE. If you have read it, PLEASE give it some stars (if you haven't read it, it's just £1.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited). When I reach 1,000 I'm doing a massive giveaway 😍 amzn.eu/d/cZpwnUa

THE EX I BURIED, my fourth thriller, is out 29 Sept. This time two years ago I had only one thriller out and now look! Bonkers 🔪🩸 Pre-order today for just £1.99 and tell your mates: geni.us/B0FJFJPQ96au...

Yesterday was a good day. Lunch with the brilliant fantasy author (and friend) Alexandra Christo, then cake and tea while I wrote the last chapter of my 5th thriller (out next year)!!

I've been talking to a variety of schools and associations this new term about the lectures and workshops I offer (if you're an educator in and around London, do hit me up). Looking at these photos is making me smile. I know many authors hate the limelight but I bloody love an audience!!

#bookbloggers don't forget to get your copy of THE EX I BURIED on Netgalley a month before it's out 29 Sept! A claustrophobic, small English town thriller set over Christmas, for fans of Big Little Lies and other fun, gossipy, bitchy domestic suspense novels! www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Today I'm: - Shouting about my next book, THE EX I BURIED - Finishing the book that's out in March - There are three other (non-contracted) books I'm writing - Plus completing pitches for my editor to consider so I can get a 2026/2027 contract This is what being a full-time writer looks like!

THE EX I BURIED is out 29 Sept and these early reviews are making me grin!! You can preorder at: geni.us/B0FJFJPQ96au...

Loving the early Netgalley reviews of THE EX I BURIED (out 29 Sept)

Today I'm in Female First sharing 7 surprising things you may not know about me... www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/7-surp...

First 2 Netgalley reviews for THE EX I BURIED are ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️...yayyyy!!!

THE EX I BURIED went on Netgalley yesterday and already people have it on their Kindles. This blogger is the first person outside of my publishers to read it and I'm a bit nervous 😬😂

Want to read THE EX I BURIED 6 weeks before it comes out? Then you're in luck because it's now available on Netgalley. I can't wait to hear what you all think of this very twisty, bitchy, messed up, gossipy, small town thriller set over Christmas ♥️♥️♥️ ow.ly/IKhO50WI52V

Morning Kittens

I got to meet Terence Stamp twice through work. He was the most charming and suave man I've ever met.

Yeah, because he didn't have to manage 6 different social media accounts and make stupid content in Canva with info graphics about fruit flies and videos entitled 'Follow me as I explore the Galapagos islands.' No, he was left alone to actually write stuff!

Love getting tagged in positive reviews about GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST - but considering the book is feminist af, it especially means a lot when the reviews are from men 💖

Never has anything resonated with me more. There are two types of people in this world. I promise that if you are bold and brave enough to live your life to the fullest, the world and everyone in it will suddenly appear to be so much better than before!

This is not caused primarily by "screen time". It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Another 2,333 words written this morning alongside three articles for various publications and tomorrow's class slides finished. Maybe I should have breakfast and get out of my PJs now?

I remember when reaching 100 Amazon reviews felt like such a huge achievement and here I am with over 900 for MY DAUGHTER'S REVENGE (and a whopping 4.4/5 too). Please keep them coming because when I reach 1,000 I'm doing a cool giveaway 🔥🔥🔥

I can't tell you what it means to me to be tagged in posts like this 😍

Calling all book bloggers!!! ** Eva hasn't seen her ex-boyfriend in ten years...and now his mother thinks she killed him ** If you'd like an early copy of THE EX I BURIED (out 29 Sept) please comment and I'll send you my publicist's email address 💙 geni.us/B0FJFJPQ96au...

Very excited to be teaching my WRITING CONVINCING RELATIONSHIPS & SEX SCENES class with the @profwriting.bsky.social 7pm on 7 August. Loads of writers are signed up already and it's only £20!! See you there... tixoom.app/pwalecturer/...

Art can be terrifying to people with limited dreams. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good morning 🌞

It's been a busy 5 years. THE PATH KEEPER trilogy is now out of print, so I'm not including it here (I have plans for that...watch this space), but I have one more Blood Web book out by the end of this year AND another thriller out March 2026 - which will be my 13th published book. Wild! 😍😍😍

Had the perfect day yesterday eating a Korean lunch, L'Eto cakes, then Russian food and vodka shots with @jaxsilvester.bsky.social @justmarvewrites.bsky.social and our friend Demet 💖 (I'm loving my new London life)

My next thriller, THE EX I BURIED, is full of small town gossip, lies and secrets. When Eva is forced to revisit her childhood home for her ex-boyfriend's funeral, someone she hasn't seen in ten years, the last thing she expects is to be accused of his death! Out 29 Sept 💀 amzn.eu/d/aXQo1I1

Absolutely wild that pre-orders are going so well for THE EX I BURIED that it's ranking better on Amazon than any of my other books 😃 I had a lot of fun writing this one - loads of bitchy characters, gossip, secrets, and lies, set over the Christmas period. Plenty of festive fear! amzn.eu/d/aZ2kpkM

COVER REVEAL!! My next thriller, THE EX I BURIED, is out 28 Sept. Eva hasn't seen her ex-boyfriend for ten years...yet everyone thinks she killed him 😱 Preorder now: amzn.eu/d/aaMmaQf

Hello, lovely writers... I'm gutted I can't be at #Harrogate this year, but this is life right now ⬇️ I have a cold, today I have a (minor) hospital procedure, and in a couple of days I leave the Netherlands and move back home to London for good. You'll be having more fun than me this weekend!

If you're really hot and sweaty and irritated af why not read about a woman who is also hot and sweaty and irritated af...except with added murder? GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST is a blisteringly gritty, feminist, thriller and top authors have said lovely things about it - amzn.eu/d/6RROlRw

Great thread for one of my favourite zombie movies (and favourite directors)

Facebook reminding me that 4 years ago today I had a different agent, who liked 4 of my MG ideas, that became two books, that got nowhere. Now I have a different (brilliant) agent and I don't write manga or kids books and I'm doing great with my thrillers. Don't stagnate, people. Keep on moving 🩷

For lunch I made myself spicy med veg quinoa, avocado, halloumi, dolma, and homemade hummus. I hate edits so much I will literally spend ages faffing about in the kitchen, cleaning the house, and doing admin so as not to do edits. Got to get back to them now though... can't avoid them any longer 🤣

The Substance...Oscar and Bram Stoker Award Winner! #Horror #Horrorsky

Yeah, guys, don’t use AI for therapy. Real therapists know how to gently guide clients towards what is fundamentally in their best interests and well-being, not just sycophantically agree 😬😬😬

When the world gives you lemons 🍋🍃 Don't ask why, but I've really been into painting lemons lately...

Just been looking at Father's Day cards and basically, what society thinks of dads, is that they all fart, drink, fall asleep, fix things, or we insult their looks. Great. Really aiming high there...

I'm featured in Novelist Post today. Really loving these headlines! Full article here: novelistpost.com/natali-simmo...

Had a great time with the Professional Writing Academy this evening answering brilliant questions for their online author Q&A! Students asked about writing tension, dialogue, complex characters, and what to do when the words don't flow (leave the house). Check them out: profwritingacademy.com

Having a crap day but at least my hair and makeup turned out nice...

Good Girls Die Last came out two years ago this month and today I was tagged into this brilliant review. Can't tell you how happy it makes me to see Em and Rose still being talked about. For those of you who are curious, the TV thing is still moving along... 1/

Had the best time Thursday at the launch of THE LAST WISH LIST. Everyone needs to read this book. Set on Route 66 its the perfect feel-good summer romance full of emotion and adventure. Congrats @jaxsilvester.bsky.social !!

Great night supporting my bestie @jaxsilvester.bsky.social and her amazing new book THE LAST WISH LIST. My debauched photos are still to come (once I recover from the hotel afterparty we unwisely chose to have)!

It's been a week of achievements, but none more impressive than me putting this bathroom cabinet together at 5.30am using nothing but a dinner knife as I don't have my toolbox with me 💪🏼(at this point I'm just embracing my ADHD mania) 🤣