About this episode

Claire Fuller discusses her latest novel Hunger and Thirst and her writing journey.

Claire Fuller gained a degree in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, but went on to have a long career in marketing and didn't start writing until she was forty. She has written five previous novels including:  Unsettled Ground , which in 2021 won the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction,  Our Endless Numbered Days , which won the Desmond Elliott Prize,  Swimming Lessons , which was shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Hunger and Thirst . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Denny

Guest: Claire Fuller

Topics covered

• writing
• novels
• literature
• awards
• interview

Keywords

• Claire Fuller
• Hunger and Thirst
• novels
• Costa Novel Award
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Costa Novel Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Desmond Elliott Prize, RSL Encore Award, Acast

Books & works: Hunger and Thirst, Unsettled Ground, Our Endless Numbered Days, Swimming Lessons

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