Deborah Lawrenson

  Last month I did a radio interview on Resonance FM in London, during which I read a couple of extracts from 300 Days of Sun.  I was s...

I confess, I was quite worried about what Portuguese readers would make of 300 Days of Sun when it was translated and published by Ed...

  " Mykonos may be alluring, Ibiza tantalizing, and St Tropez may have the ultimate swagger, but the Algarve in Portugal is my por...

 I never set out to write novels that were particularly known for their sense of place. I set out to write stories that rang true and ...

   It's always tricky when you put your book in front of reviewers who know far more than you do about a key component of your w...

I am always inspired to write by the places I visit and Faro, on the southern coast of Portugal, was no exception. I had never be...

                           A question I'm asked surprisingly often is, "Where do you get the ideas for your novels?" As ...

  "The town was full of strangers and constant movement: planes overhead, roaring in and out of the airport across the shore; boat...

  First new blog post for ages, I know, but I wanted to leave the Goodreads giveaway up as the first one on the page, and it ran for...

  Would you like to be in with a chance of winning an early copy of 300 Days of Sun which comes out on April 12? There is a book givea...

  Faro, Portugal, setting for the opening of my forthcoming novel, 300 Days of Sun . Over on my facebook page , HarperCollins US are of...

Ta-da...isn't it glorious? I am very happy indeed. The picture shows the dramatic rocks on the Algarve coast in southern Portugal, wh...

  Phew. I made the deadline and delivered the first draft of my new novel this week. I have no idea how good, or bad, it is. That's...

  Monday morning, rain is lashing down as it has done for months, I can see again (and I'm still at the stage of really appreciati...

Back from Portugal and looking through the notes made and photos taken in Faro. Will any of the material eventually transform into part o...

...Portugal, as you many of you who left comments on the blog deduced! But not Lisbon. I'm in the far south in the pretty sea town of...