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Sarah Pearse is having somewhat of a dream writing career – after publishing two suspense novels (The Sanatorium in 2021, and The Retreat, published in 2022) Sarah is a double New York Times bestselling author, a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller, and her debut novel was chosen by Reese Witherspoon as a Reese’s book club pick.

Ahead of her Live Q&A with members of The Novelry this week, Sarah sat down with us to answer a few questions for our blog, including:

✏️ What inspires the ideas for her books 
✏️ How much research she does
✏️ How many drafts she writes
✏️ And what it felt like when she got the call from Reese Witherspoon!

Click the link for a fascinating peek behind-the-scenes of a successful author.

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