Nadia Marks has turned her early childhood years in the Mediterranean into a fulltime career as a novelist, writing stories of facing heart break and finding new life and love in sunny climes – like Crete, Greece and Spain… br /

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Hi I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading today Nadia talks about how she made the transition from working with top models and photographers on London magazines to her new career as a novelist talking about the restorative powers of sea and sunshine.br /

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We’ve got three copies of Nadia’s latest book, One Summer in Crete, to giveaway to three lucky readers. Enter the draw at The Joys of Binge Reading.com and get lost in an island paradise….br /

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Nadia Marks turned childhood experiences into adult fiction with her Mediterranean based women's fictionbr /

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Six things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:br /

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Reinventing your life half way through can be exhilaratingOur childhood life is never far awayHow the sunny Mediterranean represents an escape.Her other life - working with big names in magazinesThe writers she admires mostThe magic of 'Zorba' and why she keeps re-reading Kazantakis.br /

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Where to find Nadia Marks: br /

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Website: https://nadiamarks.com/books/br /

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Facebook: @NadiaMarksAuthorbr /

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Twitter: @Nadia_Marksbr /

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1182865.Nadia_Marksbr /

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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/One-Summer-Crete-Nadia-Marks-ebook/dp/B088TFDMKV/br /

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What follows is a near as transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions.br /

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Jenny: But now, here’s Nadia. .  Hello there Nadia and welcome to the show, it’s great to have you with us.br /

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Introducing women's fiction author Nadia Marksbr /

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Nadia Marks has turned her early childhood years in the Mediterranean into a full-time career as a novelist with stories of facing heartbreak and finding new life and love in sunny places like Crete, Greece, and Spain.br /

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Jenny Wheeler: Hello Nadia and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.br /

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Nadia Marks: Thank you Jenny. Thank you for asking me to join you.br /

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Romance and women's fiction author Nadia Marksbr /

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Jenny Wheeler: You have had a top career in magazine journalism, and we'll talk a little bit about that later. First I would like to talk about the transition between being a magazine journalist to becoming a novelist. How did you make that transition?br /

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Nadia Marks: My transition was even more surprising than that because although I worked in magazines all my working career from the age of 20, I wasn't so much a journalist. I was a creative director. I made the transition from being an art director, a creative director to writing, although I did it slowly.br /

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I worked full time in magazines with top photographers like David Bailey and Mario Testino and all the top people and models. I travelled the world doing fashion shoots and everything. I did that for 20 years and once I left, I decided I wanted to write. br /