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Harriet Evans

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I was born in London and grew up there. I was very bookish, and had a huge imagination which used to cause me to get rather anxious at times. Now I know it's a good thing for a writer to have. I loved musicals, and playing imaginative games, and my Barbie perfume making kit. Most of all I loved reading. I read everything, but I also read lots of things over and over, which I think is so important.

At 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 was at Bristol, and i loved the city, making new friends, being a new person.

After university I came back to London and got a job in publishing. I loved working in p
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Harriet Evans Hi Margo thanks a lot, I'm so glad you enjoyed The Wildflowers. I moved lots of that book around actually, it was important to get the tension right a…moreHi Margo thanks a lot, I'm so glad you enjoyed The Wildflowers. I moved lots of that book around actually, it was important to get the tension right about what you find out about the past when. No, I don't write in one block, it wouldn't give you the right flow for the book as a whole. But as I say, I didn't write it start to finish in that order, as I did take a while to work out more than a lot of my other books actually where everything goes. So many big characters in that book - Maddie, Althea, Cord, Dinah, most of all Tony - who all need their moment. Aw I love this book, haven't thought about it for ages, thank you. x
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Spring Veg & Mozzarella

'You can trade in the mozzarella for burrata here, if it takes your fancy! You can also roast the greens if you like. I love them blanched because the result is so fresh and tastes like springtime, but it’s just


as delicious with them charred.' - Elena Silcock, author of Salads Are More Than Leaves


 

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“You don't fall in love with someone because it's convenient.”
Harriet Evans, A Hopeless Romantic

“Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, it's a mistake not to be.”
Harriet Evans, Happily Ever After

“People don't fall in love with each other because it's convenient. They fall in love because they fall in love, and that's it.”
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