I'm so excited to bring you an interview with none other than Sophie Kinsella, who's known to many as the queen of British chick lit and the author of the mega-bestselling Shopaholic series.
We talked about her new book The Party Crasher, how being a musician and being a writer are interconnected, what it's been like to be a comedy writer over the last year and a half, what her favourite biscuit is, and a whole lot more!
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
The Party Crasher, by Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella
The Tennis Party, by Madeline Wickham
An Island Wedding, by Jenny Colgan
The Beloved Girls, by Harriet Evans
Sorrow and Bliss, by Meg Mason
Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi
Murmuration, by Blake Auden
The Christmas Bookshop, by Jenny Colgan
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe
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