Elizabeth Jane Howard and Elena Franti

Maria Wright: Elena Franti wrote about her own life growing up in Naples. Artemis Cooper: I was invited to the Mantua Book Festival, and they took my biography and translated it into Italian. Stacey Halls: Is there a modern novelist that you would compare in any way to Elizabeth Jane Howard's writing? Maria Wright: The early work of Maggie O'Farrill, who writes about the interior lives of women - although 70 years apart. John Steinbeck: There are delights in store. Trust us.