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S17, Ep6 Diana Evans: the bestselling author on writing routines, dealing with her inner critic and living life to the fullest

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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A House for Alice Picks Up on Characters That We Met in Ordinary People

The book opens with Alice's ex-husband dying in a house fire. She is then presented with the opportunity of moving back to Nigeria. And you do all of this against the backdrop of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Why was that conjunction of events important for you? I felt like I had a responsibility to just as a Londoner and as a writer.

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