My first book, 'Everything I've Ever Done That Worked', grew out of a ringbinder file of observations and techniques I had found helpful in my own quest to be more productive, more creative and, simply, happier. It is my own personal guidebook to happiness. I loved writing it and I loved exploring ideas in the form of short essays and stories. I meant it to be very reader-friendly and readers tell me that they treat it as a companion. You can see me talking about it on www.meettheauthor.com

It felt natural to use the same format to explore single themes. In 'Everything I've Ever Learned About Love' I took the great driving mystery of love and explored the many ways it manifests in a single human life. I write about passion and desire but also about the love between parents and children, growing old, love of place and work, marriage, heart break and friendship. I have put my own life into it because I believe that the personal is universal.

In 'Everything I've Ever Learned About Change' I focused on the constant challenge of change because I realised that it was all I ever heard people talk about: change of relationship, moving house, new job, losses, gains, confusion. Change can be thrilling. It can be daunting. It is always disturbing, even when it is longed for. I look at some of the underlying patterns and the ways in which we can ride the ways of change and create the life we want. To see me being interviewed and reading from 'Everything I've Ever Learned About Change' click here

Readers, male and female, who have discovered these books, love them and treat them as friends. They also tend to buy copies for all their friends, which makes me very happy.