Georgie Tunny: How Her High Pressure Career Helped Achieve Her Debut-Novel Dream
About this episode
Georgie Tunny discusses her journey from a high-pressure media career to achieving her dream of becoming an author with her debut novel.
For the many years Georgie Tunny has graced our TV screens, and many others before, there was another dream she held: the dream of being an author, a dream she has now achieved with Over to You - her debut novel of fierce female friendships set behind the scenes of the high stakes chaos of the media world. In this episode, Georgie draws the lines between her own career and the inspirations for the book, she shares her very relatable early reading loves, how her writing process was far less peaceful than she expected, the truths she's had to face up to about sexism and ageism in her industry, and despite how much she has in common with Luke (which is a lot) there's one thing about how they like their books that couldn't be more different... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Luke Bateman
Guest: Georgie Tunny
Topics covered
- female friendships
- media industry
- writing process
- sexism
- ageism
- debut novel
Keywords
- Georgie Tunny
- debut novel
- female friendships
- media chaos
- writing process
- sexism
- ageism
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Over to You
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