Caitlin

Caitlin asked Harriet Evans:

What inspired you to write The Garden of Lost and Found? Such a wonderful story!

Harriet Evans Hi Caitlin I only just saw this question! Thank you so much. I had an image in my head of two children, running through a beautiful sloping garden, and that this was a moment of pure happiness and freedom and beauty. And I didn't know anything else than that. Of course that is what eventually becomes the painting. I put the scene where Ned paints the painting at the exact middle of the book - you can check. I wanted it to be the point the story works up to and then, of course, where it all falls away. Thank you again! x

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Margob99

Margob99 asked Harriet Evans:

HI Harriet, I have just finished "The Wildflowers" which I thoroughly enjoyed. I am very curious to know how you write a story like that - with the narrative unfolding in different times, in parallel. Do you write each "time" in one block, and then intersperse them at the end, when you're editing? Or do you actually write as the chapters appear in the book? From an (amateur) writer, many thanks! Margo

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Chris Bakos

Chris Bakos asked Harriet Evans:

Hello Harriet, How did you find your publisher? I love your books by the way and have read them all except from A Place for us, which I have not yet seen in Canada, (where I live). Chris Bakos :)

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