Ask the Author: Vicky Unwin
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Vicky Unwin
The plot of my current book, The Boy from Boskovice, is a thriller - family secrets and uncovering them including having a secret sister and discovering a Jewish heritage
Vicky Unwin
Start with a bog...and keep at it!
Vicky Unwin
Not having to go to work and have a 'boss'; being able to have a flexible time-table
Vicky Unwin
I read a trashy novel - probably Scandinavian: I like Asa Larsson, Karin Fossum, Mari Jungsted,Yrsa Sigurdottir, Camilla Lackberg - all the women! Recently liked The Girl on the Train. I don't do romantic chick lit at all.
Vicky Unwin
I still have the rest of the letters to think about, or a book doubt my Grandfather Hermann Ungar, whose Life and Works I self-published, and is listed on my author page,
Vicky Unwin
For me, the memory of my mother and daughter has been the inspiration. It's very difficult to do anything when you are bereaved, but this acted as a form of therapy
Vicky Unwin
When my mother died I found black bin liners full of her letters written to her mother from 1940-1973. I thought it would be a wonderful tribute to her; then my 21year-old daughter died suddenly in 2011 and the work was disrupted, but it suddenly became clear that I had to finish the book in memory of both of them. They were very close.
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