Nicola Moriarty's latest book You Need To Know centers on a family of three brothers, all writers, caught up in a traumatic Christmas Eve road smash.br /

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It's Nicola’s way, perhaps of having a bit of a laugh at herself because she's from a well-known Australian writing family and has two sisters, Liane and Jackie who are also best-selling authors.br /

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Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And in Binge Reading today, Nicola talks about learning to accept the rough with the smooth, finding her niche in popular fiction and how having two best-selling sisters has fostered her development as a writer.br /

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

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What its like having two best seller author sistersHow Nicola has had to learn to take the criticismwhy she moved from romance to edgy contemporary women's fictionWhat she learned from her teachersThe writers she admires mostWhat she'd do differently second time aroundbr /

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Where to find Nicola Moriarty: br /

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Website: https://nicolamoriarty.com.aubr /

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Instagram: @NicMoriartybr /

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Facebook: @NicolaMoriartyAuthorbr /

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Twitter: @NikkiM3br /

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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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But now here's Nicola. Hello there, Nicola and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. br /

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Nicola Moriarty: Thank you so much for having me.br /

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Introducing author Nicola Moriartybr /

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Jenny Wheeler: Look, it's really lovely. You're on your sixth book here with You Need To Know. You've made contemporary drama with a happy ending a bit of a niche for yourself and you've really gathered pace as you've been writing.br /

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I really admire the way that you've kept on going at it after what was perhaps just a weeny bit of a knock back at the beginning, you've got to you've got international deals, Amazon best sellers and The Fifth Letter has been optioned for TV.br /

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Nicola Moriarty - one of three best selling sisters with her edgy contemporary fictionbr /

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So are you feeling vindicated I hope after that slightly shaky start where you got one rough review in The Age newspaper in Melbourne and took it very much to heart.br /

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Nicola Moriarty: I guess I am feeling a bit vindicated.  and I think more importantly, I've learnt now to not take reviews to heart and to accept that there's there's no way you're going to get everybody loving your books. So I've just gotten much better at taking the good with the bad.br /

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A publishing dynastybr /

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Jenny Wheeler: Yes, that's good. You live northwest of Sydney, and for some of our audience outside of Australia, we have quite a big audience outside of Australia, they may not realize that you are already part of an Australian family publishing dynasty. because you've got sisters, Liane and Jacqueline who are also top selling authors.br /

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This must have increased the challenge for you a little bit at the beginning.br /

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Nicola Moriarty: I think it's been better for me actually, because I've got the benefit of having my two sisters there for me to ask questions and get advice from and, you know, guide me through what the industry is like. So on the one hand, there are reviews that will compare us directly.br /

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And again, that's something I've had to accept and get used to. But I think the good outweighs the bad. I feel very lucky to have them as sisters.br /

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Jenny Wheeler:  Yes.