This week, I sit down with award-winning journalist and crime author, Ali Steed, and we take a look at her upcoming debut novel, All It Takes, as well as having a chat about journalists in fiction - and the inaccuracies that sometimes come with that.

Ali is a highly-respected commentator on personal finance issues and an accomplished writer, editor and broadcaster, having worked on The Daily Telegraph’s personal finance desk for nearly seven years from 2000 to late 2006, becoming the deputy personal finance editor in 2004.

After going freelance in late 2006, she has continued to maintain a notable presence in the national press and on both television and radio, writing for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Daily and Sunday Express and The Sun. She has also made a number of appearances on TV and radio, including numerous appearances on Sky News, the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, and was the financial journalist behind the hit Channel 4 personal finance show, Superscrimpers, for the first five series.

She has won eight awards for her writing, including Personal Finance Journalist of the Year from the Association of British Insurers four times in a row. She has also received the Living Legend award from Help the Aged in recognition of the campaigning work she has done on the issue of the poor treatment of older people and their families who need long-term care. Nelson Mandela also received this award, albeit in a different category.

Be on the lookout for her upcoming debut crime novel, coming this summer!