'Great writers... write how they want. If they want to tell without showing, they do. Read Henry James if you don't believe me. '

Great writers... write how they want. If they want to tell without showing, they do. Read Henry James if you don't believe me. Or Flaubert.

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'I should also mention Stan Lee. Spiderman caught criminals and saved lives but had trouble getting a girlfriend. '

I should also mention Stan Lee. Spiderman caught criminals and saved lives but had trouble getting a girlfriend. The X-Men saved the world frequently but were somehow hated and misunderstood.

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'iIt's also odd that the level of detail about one particular swimmer didn't raise a flag, but how would an under-pressure editor sitting in Portsmouth know?'

Looking back, it's also odd that the level of detail about one particular swimmer didn't raise a flag, but how would an under-pressure Editor sitting in Portsmouth know?

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'One moment I was looking at the huge, empty, stone sarcophagus, its heavy lid propped open with rocks; the next, the lights went off. '

One moment I was looking at the huge, empty, stone sarcophagus, its heavy lid propped open with rocks; the next, the lights went off. I later heard there was a blackout.

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'In my fifties I led an expedition round Spitsbergen, home of the Snow Queen; life returning to fairy tales.'

I have kept on returning to these stories, sometimes by accident. In my fifties I led an expedition round Spitsbergen, home of the Snow Queen; life returning to fairy tales.

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'I'm drawn to history. Writing is a means of immersing myself in the past; the closest thing I know to time travel.'

As a novelist, I'm drawn to history. Writing is a means of immersing myself in the past; the closest thing I know to time travel.

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'Micha Ullman's memorial to the books burned in 1933; the glass plate reveals a series of empty white bookcases marking the spot.'

Beneath our feet was Micha Ullman's memorial to the books burned in 1933; the glass plate reveals a series of empty white bookcases marking the spot.

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'Attachment to place will drive you as a writer; you'll come to realise that this stems from longing.'

Attachment to place will drive you as a writer; you'll come to realise that this stems from longing, for the landscape of your past.

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'Years later, back in England, you will begin living with your children as a single parent, and your writing will reflect all these experiences. '

Years later, back in England, you will begin living with your children as a single parent, and your writing will reflect all these experiences.

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'It would be over twenty years before I had another story published, after my first grade success, but I wasn't discouraged.'

It would be over twenty years before I had another story published after my first grade success, but I wasn't discouraged. I've never needed a lot of encouragement.

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