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By putting one of our authors on the 'Hotspot' we hope to give you and your reading group the chance to have all those burning questions you might have, answered by the authors themselves - we can't imagine a more direct way of uncovering an author's motivations and intentions!

Jane Juska is our brand new hotspot author. We welcome her into the spotlight to answer the questions you sent about her writing, inspirations and her unmissable memoir A Round-Heeled Woman.

Born in 1933, Jane Juska has taught English for more than forty years in high school, in college, and in prison. A Round-Heeled Woman, her first book, has made her an overnight celebrity. She lives in Berkeley, California

Read Jane Juska's Q and A session for a remarkable insight into her motivations for writing her story and a greater understanding of her sources of inspiration.


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Q & A
Our author question and answer section will give you and your reading group the chance to put forward questions which might arise during the course of a session to the author. As well as offering the opportunity to contribute to the website it is the quickest way to receive a direct and clear-cut response.

Thank you for all the interesting and thought provoking questions which you sent in to our hotspot author, we have selected some of the most inspiring and frequently asked questions.

To read Jane Juska's responses to these questions CLICK HERE

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  Future Hot Spot Authors
      Mar 05
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  January 03
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Chloe Hooper for A Child's Book of True Crime  
      March 03
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Bo Caldwell for The Distant Land of My Father    
      May 03
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Carol Goodman for The Lake of Dead Languages    
      July 03
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Mary Lawson for Crow Lake    
      September 03
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Mark Haddon for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time    
      November 03
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Karin Slaughter for Kisscut    
      January 04
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Sebastian Faulks for Birdsong    
      March 04
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Elizabeth Bergs for True to Form    
      May 04
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Anne Tyler for The Amateur Marriage    
      July 04
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Rose Tremain for The Colour    
      September 04
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Alice Hoffman for Blackbird House    
 
 
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