TIME moves ON

Daphne du Maurier’s The House on the Strand, Barbara Erskine’s Lady of Hay, Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander – these are just three classic titles in dual time frame, time travel and time slip fiction which have sold in millions in many languages all over the world.

But there are plenty of up-and-coming authors writing in these genres, so I invited two of them to tell me more about their work. Cathie Hartigan’s novels are independently published, and both have been shortlisted for international awards. They were also inspired by true stories.

‘I’m often asked if I write historical or