Joe Heap

Joe Heap balances writing with being a parent to a baby and a three-year-old. ‘I try not to mix the writing and parenting aspects of my life, because it’s unfair on the kids,’ he says, ‘though I’ll sometimes put Peppa Pig on for five minutes while I go and write something down for later – it’s important to keep noting ideas as they come. We forget more than we think we do.

‘Before writing full-time I would write on the commute to and from