MY #READING JOURNEY

My first novel QUEEN'S GAMBIT has been selected for WORLD BOOK NIGHT and so on 23rd April people all over the country will be giving away copies in a bid to spread the word about the joys of reading. 

As part of the initiative people are joining the online conversation about the books that they love and have inspired them.

Here are come of my own childhood favourites read avidly over and over again under the covers with a torch. Frances Hodgson-Burnett captivated me when I was very young with her tales of isolated girls and my discovery of Laura Ingalls-Wilder (all nine in the series) gave me hours of wonderful escapism into the world of a pioneer family. 

What were your childhood favourites?