About this episode

Gill Perdue discusses her literary works and personal experiences with Ruth McKee.

Gill Perdue talks about fairytales, the Sue Barton series, her experience of boarding school and much more as she tells Ruth McKee which books she’d save if her house was on fire. Gill Perdue is the author of bestselling crime novels If I Tell, When They See Me , and most recently The Night I Killed Him , all published by Penguin.

People in this episode

Host: Ruth McKee

Guest: Gill Perdue

Topics covered

• fairytales
• boarding school
• crime novels
• book recommendations
• author experiences

Keywords

• Gill Perdue
• fairytales
• boarding school
• crime novels
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penguin

Books & works: If I Tell, When They See Me, The Night I Killed Him

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