Students are often asked to read works of "Great Literature." They're assigned novels by giants like Hawthorne, Dostoyevsky, and Dickens, and are told these works are considered "classic" or "important," and that they're somehow different from the vampire novels, crime thrillers, and comics that are read for fun. But at what point does fiction become literature? Read more
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'I'm very reassuringly honest'
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more