1–What is the title of your latest release? THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Sleeping Beauties is a historical thriller with a dark fairy-tale at its heart, as well as a moving story about women’s lives during World War Two. When two strangers meet on a train at the end of the war, Rosamund returning the last evacuees to London from her countryside manor, and Briar on her way to rehearsals for The Sleeping Beauty, their lives quickly become dangerously entangled. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was inspired by the tours and performances of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet company (now the Royal Ballet) during the war. And so the novel follows the company to Paris, Holland, London and Cambridge. The scenes in the English countryside are inspired by the beautiful moorland and forests near where my parents live in Devon. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Yes! I’d love to go backstage at the Royal Opera House with Briar Woods. We’d take ballet class together, followed by a night out in London. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Briar Woods…