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David Nicholls studied
acting and drama at
university, and worked
as an actor for eight
years before packing
it in to write instead
(much to any reader’s
delight).
A successful novelist
and screenwriter for both TV and
the big screen, he’s just released his
latest – and long-awaited – novel,
Sweet Sorrow. It tells the story of
teen Charlie Lewis who’s saddled
with a down-in-the-dumps dad and
far too much time on his hands.
But things change when he falls
for young actress Fran Fisher.
To stay in the running with her
he has to take up the challenge of
playing Benvolio in Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet.
David answers 20 questions for
us on everything from why we have
to wait so long between novels to
the best writing advice he’s ever
been given.20
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David Nicholls