Jane Davis talks to Kathleen Jones about Trade v Indie Publishing and Creative Writing MA courses
Jane Davis lives in Carshalton, Surrey with her Formula One obsessed, star-gazing, beer-brewing partner, surrounded by growing piles of paperbacks, CDs and general chaos. Her first novel, Half-truths and White Lies , fulfilled every young writer’s dream. It won a major First Novel Award and was described by Joanne Harris as ‘A story of secrets, lies, grief and, ultimately, redemption, charmingly handled by this very promising new writer.’ She was hailed by The Bookseller as ‘One to Watch.’ But then things didn’t quite go according to plan. Last month she published her fifth novel ‘ An Unchoreographed Life’ with Amazon – her fourth as a self-published author. I was interested to know how and why she had taken the path from traditional to independent author. Q. When Half Truths and White Lies won the Daily Mail First Novel Award and was endorsed by Joanne Harris, you must have thought your path to the top in traditional publishing was clear - you were a high-pr...