It can happen to you,
If you’re young at heart. [a nod to Carolyn Leigh]
Tale of love and redemption wins grandmother £50,000 book deal
By Louise Jury, Arts Correspondent, The Independent Online Edition. Published : 23 February 2005
Richard And Judy’s book club has transformed sales figures for dozens of novels, and turned modest publishing successes into triumphs. And now the husband and wife team have turned literary talent spotters too, with a competition for budding authors that could make a star of a grandmother and homeopath from Bournemouth.
Christine Aziz, 52, who left school at 15 with a single O-level in English, won the Channel 4 show’s competition and will receive a £50,000 advance for her first novel. She beat more than 46,000 other viewers who were asked to submit a synopsis and the first chapter to the show’s How To Get Published contest.
Wow.
[Hattip to Sarah Weinman]