![]() ![]() She sent the novel to editors, managed the ensuing auction, and has been with me for every stage since, from final edits on the novel to publicity to publication. Harriet is brilliant and everything about publication from that point was all her. ![]() My agent Harriet Moore had the most radical editorial suggestions so I went with her – I think I’ll always prefer to work with people who push me, because I push myself anyway so it’s nice having company. Then I left it for absolutely ages until a friend offered to read it at her Christmas party, and eventually I sent it off to agents and got a few offers. I wrote it on trains, in coffee shops on my lunch break, that sort of thing. I’d just left university and I wanted some sort of creative project to amuse myself with, so I thought I’d try a novel. ![]() Tell us about your journey to publication. I don’t find the having of a thought to be an astonishing event. What’s rarer is a thought I want to pursue for long enough to get a book out of it, but that’s not a decision I make in a single moment – it’s a really gradual feeling out. I never remember how I originally got any of my ideas. ![]()
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