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August 2011

Author Interviews

Melvin Burgess interview with World of Books.com

Born in Sussex in 1954, Melvin Burgess left school with A-levels in Biology and English (a strange but suitably quirky combination!), and promptly enrolled on a journalism course for six months. At 21, he moved to Bristol (where his controversial novel Junk is set) for a few years and began his writing career, experimenting with short stories, children’s fiction and radio plays, in between spells of work and unemployment. Continue Reading

Author Interviews

An Interview with Lilian Harry

Lilian Harry (known during her first few years at Mills & Boon as Nicola West, and then later as Donna Baker), was born in Gosport, near Portsmouth Harbour. Growing up during the terrifying years of the Blitz in a two-up, two-down terraced house, the youngest of four, Lilian aspired to be a writer from an early age. Continue Reading