Kate Sawyer is novelist and podcaster with a background in theatre producing and acting. Her first novel The Stranding was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award in 2021 and today we are talking about her second novel This Family. We talk about how her career in theatre has fed into her work as a novelist, genre expectations and how being a solo mother by choice made her rethink how she was going to earn a living and flex her creative muscles.

Kate is the host of the wonderful podcast Novel Experience - if you are a fan of Not Too Busy To Write, then this is right up your street. Available on all your favourite podcast feeds.

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This Family - Kate Sawyer

The Stranding - Kate Sawyer

Novel Experience podcast with Kate Sawyer

Follow Kate on Instagram - @mskatesawyer

Follow Penny on Instagram - @pennywincer

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