Music was crucial in creating the mood for the writing of my new novel, Detention, about an escape from an immigration detention centre, a lockdown in a school and the ensuing chase and moral questions. I create a book soundtrack for each of my books. You can explore the Two Wolves soundtrack, The Fall soundtrack and the Tom Weekly: My Life & Other Massive Mistakes soundtrack. The music impacts the way I feel as I write which, in turn, dictates the tone of the story. I listened to a lot of Angus and Julia Stone while writing Detention. (Most of the…