Kate Mosse, Books on TV, Writing in prisons

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Bestselling novelist Kate Mosse talks to Elizabeth Day about her new book The City of Tears. The second in a planned quartet which began with The Burning Chambers, it is the story of the Joubert and a fateful wedding which would have huge repercussions for the Huguenots is 16th century France. Recent smash television series Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit have led to huge sales for the previously little-known books on which they are based. Hannah Griffiths, Head of Literary Acquisitions at a production company, reveals what they look for in adapting to the small screen. And Ryan Gattis's new book The System voices multiple perspectives around the criminal justice system in LA. He tells Open Book about judging the short story competition for people in prison her in the UK along with Lily Staunton-Howe of the Reading Agency who set it up.