EP457: Katie Fforde — “Keep The Page Turning.”

Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde brings us her latest novel One Enchanted Evening, which was inspired by a cookery course. Katie has sold over 4.5 million copies in the UK alone and credits the Romantic Novelists’ Association with launching her career and she received their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Katie tells us how she started reading Mills & Boon books on the sly, finding time to write with a busy life, and her secret desire to write in another genre…

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss celebrity authors, tips for writing historical fiction and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

How she made time to read and write with a busy family
What she learned from writing for Mills and Boon
And how the gift of a writing kit changed her life…

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Discover more about Katie here: https://katiefforde.com/
Katie’s Writing Kit: https://katiefforde.com/collections/katie-fforde-stationery/products/katies-writing-kit
Anne Woodward’s short story: https://www.valwood.co.uk/_files/ugd/675c5d_9f8aaf10c4e74c9c9dcdc8f779cd002b.pdf
Andrew Chapman on writing a novel in a day: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep384-andrew-chapman-how-to-write-a-bestseller-in-a-day/

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