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Choc Lit
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Where did you find the inspiration for your latest novel, Love Letters?
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Katie
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The inspiration for this story was Ireland, a country I’ve always loved, literary festivals, which I also love, and Irish writers – there’s something about the Seamus Heaney’s of the world which are very attractive!
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Choc Lit
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What was particularly challenging about writing this story?
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Katie
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Getting it right! I was fairly confident about the literary festival bit, but trying to keep my characters apart when all they wanted to do was be together, was difficult.
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Choc Lit
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What do you love most about your hero and heroine?
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Katie
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I love Laura’s pragmatic attitude to her early love life and she embraces the new one. I love everything about Dermot. I just wish he was real!
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Choc Lit
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You’ve been described as ‘Jilly Cooper for the grown-ups’ – why do you think this is?
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Katie
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I don’t think my books are more grown up that Jilly Cooper’s. Hers are much longer which I think makes them more grown up than mine. I think we both write escapist fiction.
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Choc Lit
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How would you describe your hero Dermot Flynn in terms of chocolate?
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Katie
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Dermot is a rich milk chocolate, not too creamy, run through with Irish Cream liqueur, like Baileys. He's the kind of chocolate that's so delicious you find yourself eating too much. Then you slightly regret it. Until a bit later, when you eat another bit.
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