{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/52d17f54-d548-494e-bc1d-44dacccab7d3/3fa4f506-121c-49c9-a071-4a3f9b729dc1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lara Thompson","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ee015fa050c9072a8870c9/60ee016ff9ed230011277fdc.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Lara Thompson won the first Virago/The Pool New Crime Writer Award for her novel <em>One Night, New York </em>in 2017<em>. </em></p><p><br></p><p>This is the first episode of a series following Lara through the process of publication - from her writing life before winning the prize (featuring jealousy-inducing stories of a \"Writing Shed\"), to discovering she won the prize whilst eating in a Vietnamese restaurant and her experience and journey towards becoming a published author.</p><p><br></p><p>[Please note there is some background noise at one point in the episode due to building work happening outside!]</p>","author_name":"Virago Books"}