Melissa Katsoulis is a journalist, and the author of Telling Tales: A History of Literary Hoaxes. Since joining The Times books desk twenty years ago, she has continued to be a regular reviewer for various national newspapers.
She divides her time between London, where she lives with her beloved cat (and husband and children), and Greece, where she spends several months each year complaining about the heat, and getting back to her roots by watching telly all day and shouting at dogs.