 |  | | | Patricia Tyrell | 15 June 2005 | | |
On her new novel Grandmother Wolf, and what it's like to find literary success in later life
Patricia Tyrell had nine novels rejected over a period of 20 years; she self-published 300 copies of her tenth book,The Reckoning, and sold them to libraries. Interest in the novel spread by word of mouth before it was short-listed for the Encore Award after which publishers competed to sign her up.
The 75 year-old author joins Jenni to talk about her latest novel,Grandmother Wolf which tells a story about family and the generation gap.
The Reckoning
published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297848917
Grandmother Wolf
published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297848968
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