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Go shoppingKaty Darby: Novelist & Former Editor of Litro
Alison Moore: Novelist, Short Story Writer & Man Booker 2012 Shortlistee
Nick Harkaway: Screenwriter turned Novelist
Calum Kerr: Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna
Helen Sedgwick: Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna
[Guiltiest Pleasure:] Listening to Bon Jovi in the shower.
Jo Gatford: Writer & Litro Alumna
Cherry Potts: Short Story Writer & Litro ALumna
Clare Wigfall: Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2008
[Earliest memory:] It would be something faded by the Californian sun of the early-eighties, most probably.
Louise Phillips: Short Story Writer & Litro ALumna
[When did you want to be writer?] When I found out about Roald Dahl’s hut.
Annemarie Neary: Lawyer turned Short Story Writer & Litro Alumna
[On underrated authors:] I can think of two, for different reasons. Elise Valmorbida for linguistic virtuosity and Tom Vowler for compelling storytelling.
Adam Thorpe: Poet, Playwright and Novelist
Thinking the worst of people is too easy and leads nowhere nice or even interesting. Being generous in spirit, without too much naivety, is usually fruitful.
Jed Mercurio & Wesley Robins: Writer & Illustrator of graphic novel Ascent
Kele Okereke: Short Story Writer & Singer-Guitarist of Bloc Party
Kusay Hussein and Sue Reid Sexton: Co-Authors of The Iron Gates of Freedom
Naomi Wood: Author of The Godless Boys
Iain (M.) Banks: (Science) Fiction Novelist
Yangzom Brauen: Swiss-Tibetan Actress and Political Activist
Tracey Cox: International Expert in Sex, Body Language and Relationships
Write the way you speak. So many people are great storytellers but then freeze when they try to put pen to paper. Try dictating it, then transcribing.
Abdelkader Benali: Dutch Short Story Writer
[Favourite book:] Georgo Bassani, The Garden of Finzi Continis. Today. I’ll have another favourite book tomorrow, but this is the book I would like to share.