Suellen Dainty is the author of After Everything. An Australian, she was a writer for the Sydney Morning Herald before moving to London where she became the producer and director of the original series of The Book Show on Sky. Dainty will be discussing her latest novel, The Housekeeper.

Sophie Hopesmith describers herself as a reader, writer and seeker of the sublime and the ridiculous, who laughs in the dark. Her debut novel, Another Justified Sinner, is a black comedy about the rise and fall of Marcus, a ‘slippery sinner’.

R.E.J. Karlsson is a linguist who has spent his time post university split between teaching and researching for his forthcoming (yet to be named) podcast which will cover many aspects of language and linguistics.

In this episode, the contestants write fake first or last sentences for:

My Life Outside the Ring, by Hulk Hogan

Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen

Rub It In (part of the Unbuttoned By The Boss Series, Mills & Boon), by Kira Sinclair

and

Gangsta Granny, by David Walliams

The next episode of Ex Libris After Dark Will be available in two weeks.

Rachel Clarke’s works can be found here

Suellen Dainty’s works can be found here

Sophie Hopesmith’s works can be found here

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You can follow @rhysejdanino to keep up on R.E.J. Karlsson’s works