INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH O'NEILL - PART 3

(The third installment of our four-part interview.)

TEV: Your wife was your editor at FSG and she turned down your second novel. Have you gotten over that or is it still a thing?

Joseph O'Neill: I'm still punishing her for that ...

TEV: You wrote your first books, while you were working as a lawyer. What sort of law did you practice? Do you miss practicing the law at all? And how did you negotiate your writing time then?

Joseph O'Neill: I was a barrister in London, which means you are self-employ