{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b5fe8d16-7518-4208-861b-e1ec5ce88192/68013f5345e1f487c1c25d83?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Little Atoms 947 - Megan Hunter's Days of Light","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ed7797f1734ba0e93d0e59/1744912040896-cf743a41-7fda-483c-a9a4-f43a64f12cf5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Megan Hunter is a prizewinning novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Her first novel,&nbsp;<em>The End We Start From&nbsp;</em>was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the Books Are My Bag Awards, longlisted for the Aspen Words Prize, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Awards finalist and won the Forward Reviews Editor’s Choice Award. It was adapted into a major motion picture by Alice Birch, starring Jodie Comer and directed by Mahalia Belo. Her second novel,&nbsp;<em>The Harpy</em>, was Indie Book of the Month; she is currently adapting it for television with Red Planet Pictures. Her dramatic monologue&nbsp;<em>Salt of the Earth</em>&nbsp;premiered at Venice Film Festival. Megan’s other writing has appeared in the&nbsp;<em>White Review</em>, the&nbsp;<em>TLS,</em>&nbsp;<em>Literary Hub, Vogue, Elle,</em>&nbsp;BOMB, and elsewhere. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her new novel <em>Days of Light</em>.</p>","author_name":"Neil Denny"}