NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! The Perfect Friend hits the top spot in Italy #writerslife #writingcommunity
Yesterday ended on such an expected high! Just over a month after publication in Italy, The Perfect Friend has hit the Number 1 spot....
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Barbara Copperthwaite
May 15, 20191 min
Cover reveal! UN’AMICA QUASI PERFETTA – the Italian edition of The Perfect Friend #Dream
One of the many things I love about being a writer is that there are always new goals to aim for and new achievements to celebrate....
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Apr 4, 20193 min
My best reads of the year so far! #amreading #psychologicalthriller #bestbooks #mustread @lisajewell
Over the past month or so I’ve read some incredible books (before January, even my reading mojo had all but abandoned me due to ill...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Nov 30, 20182 min
Good news, bad news, & lovely news!
There’s good news and bad news within this post. Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been around much on social media or my blog....
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Oct 18, 20183 min
Meet Alex & Carrie: creating the characters in The Perfect Friend #autumnreads #Halloween #psyc
Halloween approaches; a time of strange goings on, when people deliberately choose to scare themselves, or others decide to… This is the...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Aug 3, 20187 min
The controversial rise of the middle-aged female protagonist #ThePerfectFriend #amwriting #prime
When I wrote The Perfect Friend I didn’t think twice about my main character being a woman of 44. She needed to have been through the...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Aug 1, 20184 min
Meet Alex & Carrie: creating the characters in The Perfect Friend (+ GIVEAWAY) #booklove #amwrit
Just who are Alex and Carrie, the two women at the centre of The Perfect Friend? It’s been such fun getting under the skin of these two...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 31, 20183 min
14 Books To Read Before You Die + GIVEAWAY #booklove #ThePerfectFriend #mustreads
As bucket lists form a part of the storyline in The Perfect Friend, I thought I’d have a bit of fun and put some authors and book...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 30, 20183 min
A look to the future + GIVEAWAY #ThePerfectFriend #writerslife #summerreads #amreading #amwriting
With The Perfect Friend still riding high, I’ve started writing what will be my sixth book after a character and scenario entered my head...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 29, 20184 min
The importance of setting – and why I chose Tynemouth for THE PERFECT FRIEND (+ GIVEAWAY!) #Th
Deciding on the setting of a book is always so important. It helps to create the atmosphere that will inform the entire story; for me,...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 28, 20186 min
My journey to publication + GIVEAWAY #ThePerfectFriend #writerslife
There used to be one way only to become a successful author: first get an agent, then land a publishing deal. That was it. Now, there are...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 23, 20181 min
Dream come true, THE PERFECT FRIEND is in COSMOPOLITAN online! @Cosmopolitan @CosmopolitanUK #beachr
After the excitement of the last few days at Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, I was expecting to possibly have a touch of...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 22, 20183 min
Murder, meat pies & books, books, books! My first #TheakstonsCrime experience
Spot the author! How on earth do I do justice to the wonderful, book-filled whirlwind that is Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival? I can’t...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 17, 20186 min
#Exclusive #Extract #ThePerfectFriend by Barbara Copperthwaite @Bookouture #CrimeThriller #Books #B
Who would like to read an exclusive extract of The Perfect Friend, my latest psychological thriller? I’m so excited to be sharing this...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 13, 20184 min
WIN! Celebration giveaway for THE PERFECT FRIEND #ThePerfectFriend #suspense #beachreads #SummerRea
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTRIES. THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OVER ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Would you like to win...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jul 10, 20182 min
Saying goodbye
On Thursday my new book, The Perfect Friend, was published. It’s doing brilliantly well, sitting at number 64 on Amazon UK’s bestsellers...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jun 15, 20182 min
The first blogger review for THE PERFECT FRIEND has been published! via @about_thethrill
‘A whole bunch of lying & a whole lot of surprises!’ The first blog posted their review of THE PERFECT FRIEND. What did they have to say?...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jun 14, 20182 min
The story behind my Dedication: How loss created The Perfect Friend #amwriting #writerslife #ThePerf
‘Have you ever looked at a dedication and wondered about the person? Who they are, what the connection is with the author? If there is a...
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Jun 8, 20182 min
The perfect cover for THE PERFECT FRIEND #thriller #ThePerfectFriend
‘Everything so cleverly comes together to encapsulate the atmosphere of the content’ Last night was the cover reveal for my new book, THE...
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