Jackie Loxham

What is the secret of Donna Tartt's modern masterpiece The Secret History? Not the ‘secret’ in the title. Not even the secrets in the plot.

Ottillee Bottomly might be a fictional heroine, but I always knew how this comically cross schoolgirl was going to react.

Meeting a wolf isn't easy in England. You’re almost stepping over them in Scandinavia but in the UK, they're as rare as – well, wolves

When you grow up in a quiet, unassuming English village, it’s all too easy to take it for granted. So, when family reasons brought me...

The fictional Dragondah was inspired by a real Cornish place by the name of Tintagel. And it wasn't just its scenery that inspired me.

Animals will always play starring roles in my children’s books. Or rather children will always play starring roles in my animal books.