‘NEVER FORGET THAT PEOPLE’S DEEPEST PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR RELATE TO THEIR CHILDHOODS, THEIR DEEPEST WOUNDS, THEIR NEED FOR LOVE’

Аннотация

Maggie Gee is a British writer, an author of thirteen novels, including The White Family, which was shortlisted for the Orange prize, a book of memoirs, and a collection of short stories. She became the first woman performing as the chair of the board of the Royal Society of Literature and is currently its vice-president. She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University and gives public lectures in Sweden as a visiting Professor. In 2012 Gee was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature.

In this issue, Maggie Gee talks about her recently published novel Blood, the importance of reading experience as well as ignorance in creative writing, and current challenges for contemporary novelists. Interview by Olga Dzhumaylo.

DOI 10.18522/2415-8852-2020-2-7-16