Marina Lewycka

What inspired you to write in the first place?

I’ve always enjoyed playing around with words, the way other children play with plasticine or paint or dressing up, and I’ve been making up poems and stories since I was a child.  People tell each other stories all the time – it’s our  way of explaining and interpreting the world – and a novel is just a longer and more structured version.

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