Liz Nugent author of BBC Between The Covers book club pick STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND and four previous crime thriller novels UNRAVELLING OLIVER, LYING IN WAIT, SKIN DEEP and OUR LITTLE CRUELTIES. Her novels have all been No1 Bestsellers and she has won four Irish Book Awards, as well as the James Joyce medal for Literature.
Liz chats about:
- How the frustration of working in theatre and tv led her to writing
- Why her first novel took her six years to write
- How she discovered that crime was her genre
- How her famous ‘killer’ opening lines are how her books start
- Why her process is organic despite her work being plot driven
Guest Author: Liz Nugent Twitter:
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@LizNugentWriter Books:
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent,
Our Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent,
Skin Deep by Liz Nugent,
Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent,
Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter:
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@mskatesawyer Books:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer &
This Family (coming May 2023. Liz’s book recommendations:
A book for fan’s of Liz’s work: I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
A book Liz has always loved: Perfume by Patrick Suskind, The Book of Evidence by John Banville
A book that’s been published recently or is coming soon: The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Other books discussed in this episode: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Elgelby by Sebastian Faulks, The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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