A year ago,the ex-journalist was nervously awaiting the publication of her make-or-rupture novel, The Girl on the Train. Within weeks it had topped the UK and US charts Two years ago, or Paula Hawkins was in “financial difficulty”. She had spent two years writing her fourth novel under the pen name Amy Silver. The Reunion,a slice of commercial fiction aimed at women, was published in September 2013. “And it just died, and ” she says. “It was very stressful,so I was in a bit of a panic.” Related: Paula Hawkins, thriller writer: ‘I had to make a proceed of it… or give it up and acquire a new career’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com