Ann Napolitano is the author of three novels, including Dear Edward, which spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and which is the heart-breaking story of a boy who loses his parents and brother in a plane crash, of which he is the only survivor. 

Ann wanted to be a writer from the age of ten, but after graduating from her MFA programme in her twenties had her first book rejected by 80 agents. Her second book found her an agent but then failed to sell. Ann was extremely honest about how tough that was, and so interesting too on how raw talent isn’t actually the most crucial thing when it comes to a writing career. 

You can buy Ann’s books and those by my other other guests here: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/francescasteele

Here is the wonderful essay Ann mentions in the podcast about how she writes letters to her future self, to open every ten years. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/books/review/emily-of-new-moon-montgomery-letters-ann-napolitano.html

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