Diane Setterfield’s first novel, The Thirteenth Tale, was a New York Times bestseller, selling three million copies worldwide, and has recently been made into a TV drama starring Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Coleman.

Readers everywhere were captivated by the strange story that develops when biographer Margaret Lea finds a letter from one of Britain’s best-loved novelists, asking her to capture her history before it’s too late. Described as ‘a surprising, spellbinding tale, richly imaginative and atmospheric’, the book won Diane Setterfield critical acclaim and firmly established her as a writer to be reckoned with. She discusses The Thirteenth Tale, and her new ghostly and gothic novel, Bellman & Black, with writer Nicky Pellegrino.