My gorgeous, talented friend, the amazing Gemma Head, has died. She had secondary breast cancer and was just 44 years old. Gemma was a complete one-off. Smart, funny, kick-ass, hugely talented and an all-round brilliant gem! A very dear friend of mine, we met on the West Yorkshire Playhouse's "SoYouWantToBeAWriter" scheme in 2008, quickly establishing a shared sense of humour, although I soon discovered that Gemma's went much darker than my own! The biggest advice to scriptwr

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE … and your enemies closer. Leeds writer June Taylor returns to the psychological thriller scene with her second book, published by HarperCollins Killer Reads and it’s set in Leeds! We tracked her down to ask her a few questions about it. Read more here.