{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/88c77d59-05df-402d-8195-2dfc83d7a3e9/4e1bbc97-3d2e-43ba-9ebc-eb9371226157?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"30. Dorothy Koomson","description":"<p>This week we're back in Brighton to meet the sensational <a href=\"https://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/about-me/\" target=\"_blank\">Dorothy Koomson</a>! Dorothy is the author of 15 books including the best-selling and award-winning <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Xsop7a\" target=\"_blank\"><em>My Best Friend's Girl</em></a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://amzn.to/2N2iS33\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Ice Cream Girls</em>&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://amzn.to/2N5egJx\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Brighton Mermaid</em></a><em>. </em>Her latest is <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2J4ZY6J\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tell Me Your Secret</em>,</a> described as \"totally addictive, can't put down, rollercoaster ride of a story\". We talked to Dorothy about the power of Jackie Collins, the importance of editing and the influence of Judge Dredd. </p><p>BOOKS</p><p>Daisy Buchanan - <a href=\"https://www.themargatebookshop.com/shop/the-sisterhood\" target=\"_blank\">The Sisterhood</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2J4ZY6J\" target=\"_blank\">Tell Me Your Secret</a></p><p>Margaret Atwood - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZL7iep\" target=\"_blank\">Handmaid’s Tale</a></p><p>Araminta Hall - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Rtx57W\" target=\"_blank\">Our Kind of Cruelty</a></p><p>Michelle Obama - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2XnI9sH\" target=\"_blank\">Becoming</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZBCoFd\" target=\"_blank\">The Friend</a></p><p>Jackie Collins - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Rtx6Zy\" target=\"_blank\">Thrill</a></p><p>Jackie Collins - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Ft6QcV\" target=\"_blank\">The Power Trip</a></p><p>Jackie Collins - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZCXz9R\" target=\"_blank\">Vendetta</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2IYXOp4\" target=\"_blank\">Marshmallows for Breakfast</a></p><p>Donna Hay - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2IAfbNU\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Classics</a></p><p>Lisa Faulkner - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Izor4P\" target=\"_blank\">Recipes from My Mother to my Daughter</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Xuwfx4\" target=\"_blank\">Woman He Loved Before</a></p><p>Elizabeth Gilbert - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RxGETd\" target=\"_blank\">Big Magic</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZGj1uq\" target=\"_blank\">That Girl From Nowhere</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2IzKEQl\" target=\"_blank\">Goodnight Beautiful</a></p><p>Judy Blume - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RvklxK\" target=\"_blank\">Are You There God It’s Me Margaret</a></p><p>Judy Blume - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2L9xXNM\" target=\"_blank\">Forever</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Frd9xv\" target=\"_blank\">The Ice Cream Girls</a></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/2J2ORed\" target=\"_blank\">Penguin Poems for Love</a></p><p>Sophie Kinsella - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2XnUQUp\" target=\"_blank\">Shopaholic to the Stars</a></p><p>Sophie Kinsella - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RrzMH2\" target=\"_blank\">Can You Keep a Secret</a></p><p>Giovanna Fletcher - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2LegtA5\" target=\"_blank\">Dream a Little Dream</a></p><p>Giovanna Fletcher - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2J0mQEl\" target=\"_blank\">You’re the One That I Want</a></p><p>Sophie Kinsella - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Je7T1F\" target=\"_blank\">Shopaholic and Baby</a></p><p>Julie Cohen - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2J2Pwwd\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Thing</a></p><p>Gillian Flynn - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Rvld5u\" target=\"_blank\">Gone Girl</a></p><p>Linda Green - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2FnJt4j\" target=\"_blank\">And Then It Happened</a></p><p>Linda Green - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2L8g6qr\" target=\"_blank\">The Mummyfesto</a></p><p>Sareeta Domingo - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2XrnVOM\" target=\"_blank\">The Nearness of You</a></p><p>Louise Doughty - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZFJx7f\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Tree Yard</a></p><p>Paula Hawkins - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2N7OaWk\" target=\"_blank\">Girl on the Train</a></p><p>Stieg Larsson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RttHK3\" target=\"_blank\">Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</a></p><p>Hilary Mantel - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZyPeUG\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf Hall</a></p><p>Hilary Mantel - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2FDgPN5\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Black</a></p><p>Stephen King - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RuKXPg\" target=\"_blank\">On Writing</a></p><p>Stephen King -<a href=\"https://amzn.to/2Xt3DEn\" target=\"_blank\"> It</a></p><p>Stephen King - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2WXbyud\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Mile</a></p><p>Stephen King - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2LegVhL\" target=\"_blank\">The Body</a></p><p>Stephen King&nbsp;- <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2FqAwrh\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie</a></p><p>Dorothy Koomson - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2N5egJx\" target=\"_blank\">The Brighton Mermaid</a></p><p>Jilly Cooper - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2N5x5MX\" target=\"_blank\">Jump</a></p><p>Jackie Collins - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RuDujl\" target=\"_blank\">The Stud</a></p><p>Shirley Conran - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2WXpqEY\" target=\"_blank\">Lace</a></p><p>Sidney Sheldon - <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2RCRrfb\" target=\"_blank\">Other Side of Midnight</a></p>","author_name":"Daisy Buchanan"}