This week we welcome a true publishing legend to the show. Judy Piatkus founded Piatkus Books from her Essex bedroom in 1979. She went on to release books by globally bestselling authors such as Danielle Steel, VC Andrews, Mary Berry and Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Now Judy has released her own memoir, Ahead of Her Time. We talked to her about her glittering publishing career, the books that got away, the genius of Ann Patchett and the power of Feng Shui.
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable
Judy Piatkus - Ahead of Her Time
Heather Morris - Tattooist of Auschwitz
Joseph Kanon - Defectors
Ann Cleeves - Hidden Depths
Ann Cleeves - Raven Black
Danielle Steel - The Promise
Cynthia Freeman - No Time For Tears
VC Andrews - Flowers in the Attic
Linda Grant - A Stranger City
Tessa Hadley - Late in the Day
VC Andrews - My Sweet Audrina
Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind
VC Andrews - Petals on the Wind
Judy Blume - Forever
Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles
James Redfield - Celestine Prophecy
Harville Hendrix - Getting the Love You Want
Susan Jeffers - Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s Diary
Karen Kingston - Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui
Marie Kondo - Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Benjamin Moser - Sontag
Nevil Shute - On The Beach
Alistair MacLean - Ice Station Zebra
Mary Renault - King Must Die
Leon Uris - Exodus
Lissa Evans - V For Victory
Anne Tyler - Redhead By The Side of the Road
Ann Patchett - State of Wonder
Ann Patchett - Dutch House
Ann Patchett - Bel Canto
Ann Patchett - Commonwealth
Daisy Buchanan - Sisterhood
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Louisa May Alcott - Little Women
Maeve Binchy - Light a Penny Candle
Penny Vincenzi - Question of Trust
Nora Roberts - Song of the West
JD Robb - Forgotten in Death
Julia Quinn - Bridgerton
Georgette Heyer - Frederica
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