The writer Kate Lace (aka Catherine Jones) is a great friend of mine. We met years ago at a drinks party thrown by Piatkus Books (who’d just published our first novels). We talked 19 to the dozen all evening, and 15 years later, we do exactly the same every time we meet. Kate has now written 14 novels (including The Chalet Girl and Gypsy Wedding) and two non-fiction books. She’s ...keep reading