Looking back on our chat with Abigail Dean

We're taking a couple of weeks off to record some new episodes so we thought we'd go back to take another listen to our interview with Abigail Dean in season 2. -- Abigail’s debut novel, Girl A, was published in January 2021 after a 9-way auction resulted in Abigail Dean was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Peak District. She studied English Literature at Cambridge University, and graduated with a double first in 2011. Abigail always loved reading, writing, and talking about books, and her first job was as a bookseller at Waterstones. She later worked as an associate at a New York law firm. Ahead of her thirtieth birthday, she took time off between jobs to work on her first novel, GIRL A. Abigail now works as a lawyer at Google. Abigail’s debut novel, GIRL A sold in the UK after a 9-way auction to HarperCollins who published it in January 2021. The book immediately became a Sunday Times Bestseller. It has also sold in the US to Viking for a seven-figure deal and has sold in 30 territories including television/film. GIRL A came out in paperback on 30th September GIRL A tells the story of Lex, better known to the world as Girl A, who escaped her family home where she and her siblings were held captive by their parents. Now, after her mother’s death, she and her siblings are left the family home. Wanting to transform the House of Horrors into a force for good, Lex must come to terms with her six siblings – and with the childhood they shared. Abigail lives in south London, and is working on her second novel, The Conspiracies. The podcast is produced and presented by the team at Mostly Books. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop. Mostly Books Meets is Edited by Nick Short @alongstoryshorter.