In this episode we had a chat with local writer Louise Beech. She has six books published so far including some inspired by fascinating events from her friends and families real lives, as you’ll discover during the course of our conversation.

Head over to her website louisebeech.co.uk for full details on all of her books as well as old newspaper columns and lots of other tidbits from her career.

We had a fun and engaging chat with Louise about what’s it’s like to actually be a writer after dreaming of becoming one since childhood, how to navigate mining your real life for inspiration and how it’s more important to write what you feel than what you know.