Jane Harper and Claire Douglas

Joe Haddow welcomes two bestselling authors - Claire Douglas and Jane Harper - to Book Off to go head-to-head in a war of the words!

They chat about making fictional settings seem as real as possible, how a sense of place can shape a novel, and why you should ALWAYS write down your ideas, you never know when you might need them.

Jane and Claire also talk about knowing when to give up on a novel - rather than pushing through if something's not working - and how some books come easier than others.

The two authors also give us some brilliant book recommendations - and writing advice!

THE BOOK OFF

'The 13 Storey Treehouse' by Andy Griffiths

VS

'Tom's Midnight Garden' by Philippa Pearce

But which one will win?

Here's a little more about our guests' new books:

'Last One Out' by Jane Harper

Five years ago, Sam Crowley vanished on his twenty-first birthday. The only clues were his footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses.