Val McDermid: looking for challenges
Her books have sold 16 million copies worldwide, been translated into 40 languages and recently her work topped the fiction, non-fiction and children’s book charts all in the same week. But Val McDermid isn’t sitting back basking in her success: she’s always looking for new challenges.
The 64-year-old crime writer is working on her next thriller, she’s been commissioned to write a play and she’s developing a graphic novel.
"Here I am in my mid 60s and I’m still learning new stuff and still being excited by it. And that’s probably the key for all of us: we should try to stay excited and discover new things."
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