Zoë King - Designs for Writers Hi. Thanks for visiting my website. I had a go at various aspects of the writing world - editing, proof reading and reviewing before deciding novels and short stories were my ‘thing’. After studying with a creative writing course, I published a few short stories and entered some competitions, but it was a visit to Israel which inspired my first novel, Two Weeks in the Sun. Like most first efforts, it’s still lying in a drawer but from then on, I couldn’t stop, and The Apothecary’s Gift, published by Whydown Books in 2003 was the result. After that, I travelled back a century and To Thine Own Self, set during the Commonwealth, was published last year by Troubador. Two vastly different books set in two very different eras. Both can be viewed by clicking on the link above, and both are obtainable via Amazon. My apologies to Kindle readers - only To Thine Own Self is available as a Kindle book at present.  As we all know, promotion is the thing, and I’ve been doing just that! I started with a very successful launch at Stamford Arts Centre, where press publicity attracted plenty of response, not surprising as their famous hotel, ‘The George’ makes a prominent appearance in the book. I followed this with another launch at my local pub (where friends and neighbours literally poured in!) and a signing at Waterstone’s. Although I am a history buff, I concentrated on the near past last year, and produced Pas Des Deux for a Cop. Awaiting publication, it deals with a confrontation between a New York detective and a Prima Ballerina from Covent Garden!   Since then I have retreated back in time, and am editing The Yoke of Heaven, which travels from 1878 Poland to 1991 Tel Aviv via Vienna and London, and includes a great deal of my convoluted heritage. The sequel to To Thine Own Self, it unravels a number of mysteries which readers of the first book might be wondering about. Apart from tapping away on the keyboard, I do some voluntary work at Moorfields Eye Hospital and am a member of The Society of Women Writers & Journalists, The Society of Authors, The Jane Austen Society, and The Emile Zola Society. Hopefully I shall have some more good news publishing-wise to tell you soon so, dear reader, watch this space! Bradley Bernarde