Eve Wersocki Morris has been called 'the best-kept secret in children's publishing' by no less than Lemony Snicket himself, so who are we to argue! We were delighted to get a window into her delightfully noirish Storyshaped life. Come with us as we discover the stories - movies, books, the lot! - which have shaped her and her work, right from her first novel (written when she was thirteen!) to the present day.
Find Eve online at her website
Books mentioned in this week's episode include Eve's own:
The Bird Singers
The Wildstorm Curse
Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed
And the stories which have shaped her include:
Movies:
The Maltese Falcon
The 39 Steps
Strangers on a Train
The Big Sleep
Stage Fright
Dial M For Murder
Double Indemnity
Some Like It Hot
Sunset Boulevard
The Ladykillers
The Wrong Arm of the Law
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Night Train to Munich
Castle in the Air and the Chrestomanci books, by Diana Wynne Jones
The Just William Stories, by Richmal Crompton, read by Martin Jarvis
The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis
The Roman Mysteries, by Caroline Lawrence
Lizzie Zipmouth, by Jacqueline Wilson
Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl
The Worst Witch, by Jill Murphy
Noughts and Crosses, by Malorie Blackman
Anna Karenina, by Tolstoy
Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
Heartburn, by Nora Ephron
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Poetry Pharmacy Comfort Poems Collection
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