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Jayne Cowie | There is Always Room for Another Twist
Author Guest / July 18, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? ONE OF THE BOYS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A “male violence” gene has been identified. Would you have your newborn son tested for it? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I tend to set my books in places that feel familiar, so similar to places where I’ve lived, though not identical. That means an urban setting, in a town big enough to be anonymous in but not so big that you feel lost or that it takes a long time to get anywhere! I tend not to name the town, so that readers can imagine the story taking place somewhere recognizable to them. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I probably wouldn’t hang out with Antonia, I don’t think we’d get on! She seems like a lot of work. But I might go for coffee with Bea because I imagine that being a bit more relaxed, and I think that we’d have an interesting conversation. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Antonia: ambitious, determined, impulsive. Bea: stubborn, independent, contrary. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this…