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Alan McCluskey

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Alan McCluskey lives amid the vineyards in a small Swiss village between three lakes and a range of mountains. His latest published novel is entitled Stories People Tell. He has also published Boy & Girl and its sequel In Search of Lost Girls. He published three novels in The Storyteller’s Quest series: The Reaches, The Keeper’s Daughter and The Starless Square.

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Alan McCluskey Hmmm! As an inspirational writer I have to be attuned to the characters and what is happening in the story. When I get disconnected I can't write sati…moreHmmm! As an inspirational writer I have to be attuned to the characters and what is happening in the story. When I get disconnected I can't write satisfactorily. So the trick is to get back into the mood of the story which I generally do by reading over the story (or part of it) up to the point where I left off.(less)
Alan McCluskey The relationship between the author and his or her characters and being able to master the words to tell the story.
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Rainy day at the hospital

My latest novel, The Woman who couldn’t find her Room was begun at hospital in Neuchâtel in June 2025 and finished at 6am in hospital in Bern mid November. It was a challenging book to write. Not just because much of it was written in bed in hospital, but because of the approach I adopted.… Read more

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“But if you stray too far on the side of distance and strictness, you end up hard and unapproachable. So you need to be open to unexpected things and you need to be accessible to those people who are honest and forthright with you, especially if they take risks trying to do what their heart dictates.”
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“Despair is an ugly thing when it refuses hope.”
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“Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But even as you write, the characters have minds of their own.”
Alan McCluskey, Boy & Girl

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