

both women will find themselves sucked in and chewed up by the vicious film industry.
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In the current day, thirty year old Sophie Leigh has gone from England to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune.

In the 1950’s twenty year old Eve Noel goes from England to California to seek fame and fortune. You’re either a success or a failure, there’s no in-between”. “….Hollywood is about extremes, as someone once said. Apart from anything else they keep the house warm.

We live opposite a hedgerow, and I can be boring about gardening, and there's room for my collection of jumpsuits and all our books. In 2019 we moved to Bath, out of London, and I am very happy there. I've acquired a partner and two children along the way. I've written 13 novels and several short stories and one Quick Read, which is an excellent way of getting people into reading more. I became an editor after a few years, working with many bestselling novelists, and in 2009 I left to write full time. I loved working in publishing so much, and really felt for the first time in my life that when I spoke people understood what I was saying. I was at Bristol, and i loved the city, making new friends, being a new person.Īfter university I came back to London and got a job in publishing. I read everything, but I also read lots of things over and over, which I think is so important.Īt university I read Classical Studies, which is a great way of finding out that the world doesn't change much and people make the same mistakes but it's interesting to look at why. I loved musicals, and playing imaginative games, and my Barbie perfume making kit. Now I know it's a good thing for a writer to have. I was very bookish, and had a huge imagination which used to cause me to get rather anxious at times.
