The author of last summer's bestseller, The Absolute Book, on literary snobbery, not being on the shortlist for a major literary award and on how coming through a period of grief and loss helped her create a hopeful story. Always inventive in her work, Elizabeth Knox, talks to Nicky Pellegrino about the insecurities every writer faces and the joys of fantasy fiction.

Made with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa

For the first episode of Book Bubble co-host Nicky Pellegrino meets an author whose idea for a bestseller was so compelling it was snapped up by publishers when she'd only written a few thousand words of a first draft. Taranaki-raised Brandy Scott had a hit with Not Bad People, and has already sold the TV rights, but might never have got started writing fiction if it hadn't been for a bad break-up with a boyfriend. Made with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa