Patrick McCusker
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Lissa Oliver:
:Lissa: So don't take on a novel about Shergar. If the idea doesn't grabs you it's a non-runner. But from your novel 'Chantilly Dawns' clearly you have a great understanding of horses, owners, jockeys and stable people. So you might consider a non-fiction book on this extraordinary horse? It could have plenty of photographs and telling quotations. The story of Shergar is the Titanic of the horse world. Patrick.
Lissa Oliver
Sadly, Shergar has already had his biography written, but there will be another equine hero who I'll get first dibs on and I'll do him or her proud. But mainly my interest is in human character.
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Gabriel Woods
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Lissa Oliver:
I have observed in your book Chantilly Dawns that some characters lead a very wealthy lifestyle from birth. There is a contrast with an extremely interesting character called Marcel, to me a complex and very likable character, who acquired wealth through his own means from his work as a jockey. Can you tell me where the inspiration came from to write such a variety of interesting characters?
Gabriel Woods
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Lissa Oliver:
Apologies Lissa, I just wanted to obtain a deeper understanding of what you write. Could I suggest from reading Sainte Bastien - and particularly Nero which I am reading now - that you have an interest in characters that are conflicted or contrasted? I am interested too if you would like to describe what theme you may have identified in my books.
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