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1. Daphne du Maurier: The Queen of the dark tale. It is little wonder so many of her short stories and novels have been adapted for the big screen, and by Hitchcock, no less. Anyone who ever read Rebecca is forever chasing that feeling of reading it for the first time. And if you’re a writer, chasing the need to write something that good . Try (novels) Rebecca , My Cousin Rachel ; (short stories) The Birds , Don’t Look Now. 2. Katherine Mansfield: The New Zealand

It was a beautiful day in Spring. The blossom was in full bloom on the trees, the birds were singing. I was strolling, quite carefree, from Sainsbury’s, a carrier bag swinging from each hand, dwelling on nothing in particular, my thoughts merely passing like clouds. Suddenly, a first line popped into my head. Seemingly from nowhere, uninvited and certainly not wanted, as I was currently in the middle of wrestling with getting another story onto the page. The last thing I need

Author Lucy Kaufman shares why she loves reading Novellas and you will too.