Archive for May 1st, 2009

Lucy Diamond, author of Anyway You Want Me and Over You has a new novel out on 7th August called Hens Reunited. The synopsis reads:

Katie, Georgia and Alice were at each other’s hen nights but now the chickens have come home to roost: their marriages have fallen apart and their friendships have been tested to the limits.

Control-freak Katie has become a commitment-phobe - there’s no way she wants to get married again. Is there? Ambitious Georgia always puts her career first. If anyone gets hurt, it’s their look-out - right? And faithful Alice wants to make a fresh start, but can’t get over her cheating ex - and Georgia’s betrayal.

Hearts have been broken, and feathers ruffled …can the hens ever be reunited?

I really enjoyed Over You and will post a review once I get the chance to re-read it. I’m looking forward to her new one, too.

A new feature at Chick Lit Reviews & News is going to be our Author Interviews. We have been approaching some of our favourite authors asking them for a short interview, and many of them have been kind enough to respond!

Our first interview coincides with this week’s Author of the Week, Milly Johnson. Milly was lovely enough to send us some fab answers to our questions, including her opinions on her own books, and what she likes best about being an author.

1. How did you get started writing books? Were you writing for long before you became published?

I’ve been writing books for as long as I can remember! I was always making my own with paper and staples and writing stories. I realised I wanted to make it my career when at University doing drama – (it shifted from being a hobby to a passion). Trouble was – I hadn’t gained enough life experience at 22 to write the sorts of books I do and my early attempts were doomed to failure. But all that ‘practice writing’ I did just helped me hone my craft, albeit that happened unconsciously. It took me 15 years from taking it seriously to getting published – but on and off, because sometimes I would abandon all attempts at trying to get published, only to resurrect my ambitions again later. 40 was the perfect age for me to get a book deal – my writing had matured and I had a lot of perspective of life – and had done a lot of living to write about. It sounds a long time, but it was worth the perseverance, I can tell you!

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Fran is happily married to Max and the pair have a young daughter called Lottie. However, things in Fran’s life aren’t going too well.

Her best friend Alison has cancer and she asks Fran to do her an unusual favour - find her husband a new woman for after she has gone. Fran isn’t too keen but decides to help out her friend. One evening on a dating website, Fran comes across a shocking profile, one who looks scarily like her husband Max.

Fran sets about finding out the truth about “Footloose” but at what cost? Is Fran about to find out things she wished she’d left alone, and is she really willing to throw away her marriage?

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