Guest author: Amanda Craig
Come and explore the playful possibilities of fiction with our guest, novelist, critic and journalist, Amanda Craig. Amanda is the author of seven novels, including A Vicious Circle, Hearts and Minds (Long-listed for the Women's Prize) and The Lie of the Land (Radio 4 Book At Bedtime). Although each of the novels can be read on its own, they are part of an inter-related series about contemporary life in which minor characters become major ones, and vice versa. Often satirical, romantic and concerned with crime, she has been called a "State of the nation" novelist, and most often compared to Dickens, Trollope, Kate Atkinson and Evelyn Waugh. This salon should appeal to fiction writers looking for new ideas or intrigued by the process of constructing compelling stories.