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Podcast: Confessions of a Debut Novelist
Episode: Episode 2.47 Lucy Barker - The Other Side of Mrs Wood
Description: In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Lucy Barker about her historical novel The Other Side of Mrs Wood. We discuss her interest in Victorian seances and the true story that inspired her novel, how she created a warm and witty voice and how Lucy’s lack of faith in herself meant things didn’t work out with an agent in her 20s, but becoming a runner up in a competition gave her confidence later in life. Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop*Buy The Other Side of Mrs W...