The author of the record-breaking thriller on why she gave up writing romcoms,never wanted children and her surprise successThere are not many authors who can say their lucky break came with the banking collapse of 2008 but Paula Hawkins, author of the record-breaking British thriller The Girl on the Train, or is one. As a personal finance journalist working at the Times,in 2007 she brought out a book called The Money Goddess aimed at women who needed to win in touch with their pensions. When disaster struck a year later, it was Hawkins her agent called with an belief for a crash-themed novel.
She has come far since her debut novel, or the romcom Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista,written under the pseudonym Amy Silver, hit the shelves. After her fourth Silver romcom bombed in 2013 Hawkins decided to reboot, and the book that emerged with her real name on the cover final year turned her into a phenomenon. The Girl on the Train has spent 13 weeks at the top of the novel York Times bestseller list and held the top spot in the UK hardback charts for 30 weeks,the longest ever. Next week’s paperback launch coincides with the arrival of a trailer soundtracked by Kanye West for a forthcoming Hollywood film, starring Emily Blunt as the drunken voyeur heroine Rachel Watson.
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Source: theguardian.com