This week we are joined by Gillian McAllister! Gillian McAllister is a British Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, known for seven novels, several of which have been top ten bestsellers. Her works have been translated into 40 languages. She has been selected for the Reese Witherspoon book club, the Richard and Judy book club, the Radio 2 book club and shortlisted for a national book award. Several of her novels have been optioned for television and film. Her seventh novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, reached number 4 on the Sunday Times bestseller list and number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list. Make sure to check her out!

In this episode, we discuss growing up in a small poor town in England, surviving school, finding yourself at university, living a solo existence as a writer, writing characters who deal with loneliness, playing with time, and so much more. You don’t want to miss our discussion about how Gillian dealt with having glandular fever. Give this episode a listen!

Recommendations from this episode:

Wrong Place Wrong Time

Just Another Missing Person

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Argylle

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