![]() ![]() ![]() “You see, I had no idea how publishing works – and one might say I still don’t – but I said to my publishers, ‘We will get on just fine as long as you don’t do either of the following: 1) tell me what to write next, and 2) give me a deadline. “Yes,” says the woman who still retains a certain froideur redolent of school ma’ams, “but if I was going to give up my day job, and my pension, and all that security, then I certainly didn’t want anyone to interfere with what I was doing. Suddenly, Harris was able to quit the staffroom and turn to writing full-time. It went on to sell a million copies, and became a hit Hollywood film. Twenty years ago, her third novel, Chocolat, was an unexpected hit that had previously been turned down by several publishers who deemed its confection of love and food in France not particularly “en vogue”. Harris, who was born and still lives in Yorkshire, is an unusual novelist for the simple fact that she tends to write whatever pleases her, irrespective of market forces. Comedy Women in Print Prize 2021 longlist announced with Dolly Alderton and Naoise Dolan leading the nominees ![]()
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