Sue Monk Kidd didn’t start writing fiction until she was 53 years old, and what a run it’s been since. She’s written three bestsellers, including The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings. Now she has a new novel, The Book of Longings, which imagines what Jesus’s life would have been like had he been married. Sue talks about:

• The pressure she felt after the crazy success of her first novel; The two questions she asks when starting a novel
• Creating collages and mood boards for each of her narratives
• Her need to write about women striving for independence and freedom
• How she tackled writing dialogue for Jesus.