Lisa Jewell

Author

1968-07-19

Books by Lisa Jewell

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My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.
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My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.
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My father was a self-employed textile agent, and the shop below his office was an art gallery.
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The older I get, the more I love psychological thrillers.
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I tried to write about my first marriage in a fictional version but got two pages into it and realised it was too personal. Then I came up with an old-fashioned love triangle, which became the plot for 'Ralph's Party.'
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You feel undervalued when you write the kind of fiction I write.
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There's something uniquely unsettling about the unhinged woman on a single-minded mission. Especially when she's the last person you ever imagined to harbour a dark and seething soul.
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