Last month I sat down with a lovely journalist from the Oxford Times, to chat about my books, and how my time there shaped my career and writing. The article has just gone up online, and I think will be published this weekend?
“Oxford University has always been a hotbed of literary talent, nurturing young, thrusting writers, eager to make their mark on the world of letters. But its bookish alumni are rarely associated with ‘chick lit’, that most female-focused and commercial of genres.
More’s the pity, says a defiant Abby McDonald, 24-year-old Oxford graduate and rising star of the chick-lit world.
“It’s wonderful that Oxford is this bastion of high art, where people take theatre, literature and classical music seriously. That’s important, but those really weren’t my interests while I was studying there. When I was sneaking off to write my chick lit, it felt rebellious.”
Reads really well. Go you.