Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life
Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Juliet Barker is an award winning historical writer and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of major biographies of the Brontës and Wordsworth. She lives in Yorkshire.