This is how female writers are undermined

The Independent
The Independent
  • 9 months ago
Why are we so quick to assume that female novelists’ work is autobiographical?

This week, bestselling author Megan Nolan joins us to discuss her latest book, Ordinary Human Failings, as well as the unfair and invasive publicity faced by female writers, how assumptions of real-life connections between authors and their work undermines the creative process, and why a work of fiction can just be fiction.

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