<div>Gill Perdue talks about fairytales, the Sue Barton series, her experience of boarding school and much more as she tells Ruth McKee which books she’d save if her house was on fire. <br><br>Gill Perdue is the author of bestselling crime novels <em>If I Tell, When They See Me</em>, and most recently <em>The Night I Killed Him</em>, all published by Penguin. </div>

Gill Perdue talks about fairytales, the Sue Barton series, her experience of boarding school and much more as she tells Ruth McKee which books she’d save if her house was on fire. Gill Perdue is the author of bestselling crime novels If I Tell, When They See Me, and most recently The Night I Killed Him, all published by Penguin.

Gill Perdue talks about fairytales, the Sue Barton series, her experience of boarding school and much more as she tells Ruth McKee which books she’d save if her house was on fire.&nbsp;<br><br>Gill Perdue is the author of bestselling crime novels <em>If I Tell, When They See Me</em>, and most recently <em>The Night I Killed Him</em>, all published by Penguin.&nbsp;

49: Gill Perdue

<div><em>If your house was on fire, what books would you save from the flames? </em></div>
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<div>The <strong>Books Ireland</strong> podcast features authors and well-known cultural figures discussing the titles that have formed the backdrop to their lives—their childhood memories perhaps, or books they fell in love with. Maybe there are authors they return to over and over, or novels which formed their world view—stories that shaped them or books which offered a refuge or a life raft. Editor <strong>Ruth McKee</strong> asks each guest which books they’d save, which they’d leave behind, and what other non-book treasure they would rescue from the flames. </div>

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If your house was on fire, what books would you save from the flames? The Books Ireland podcast features authors and well-known cultural figures discussing the titles that have formed the backdrop to their lives—their childhood memories perhaps, or books they fell in love with. Maybe there are authors they return to over and over, or novels which formed their world view—stories that shaped them or books which offered a refuge or a life raft. Editor Ruth McKee asks each guest which books they’d save, which they’d leave behind, and what other non-book treasure they would rescue from the flames.

<em>If your house was on fire, what books would you save from the flames?&nbsp;</em>
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The <strong>Books Ireland</strong> podcast features authors and well-known cultural figures discussing the titles that have formed the backdrop to their lives—their childhood memories perhaps, or books they fell in love with. Maybe there are authors they return to over and over, or novels which formed their world view—stories that shaped them or books which offered a refuge or a life raft. Editor <strong>Ruth McKee</strong> asks each guest which books they’d save, which they’d leave behind, and what other non-book treasure they would rescue from the flames.&nbsp;

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