One of the book trade’s highlights this summer will undoubtedly be the publication of The Little Stranger, the latest novel from Sarah Waters. She is the author of Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith and The Night Watch, all of which have either won or been shortlisted for major literary awards.
In addition, Affinity has been made in a film and Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith were dramatised for television; Night Watch is currently also being adapted for the small screen.
Waters won the Nibbie for Author of the Year in 2003, following the success of Fingersmith. Waters was also one of the twenty writers included in Granta magazine’s decennial list of the Best Young British Writers in 2003, alongside authors such as Zadie Smith, David Mitchell, Monica Ali and David Peace.
Gearing up for her new book’s release on 28th May, her publisher, Virago, have set up a website devoted to the author, full of fascinating background information about Waters and her writing career.
The opening section of the first chapter is available on the site and regular updates will allow fans to read the first two chapters in advance of publication.
There’s also an extensive FAQ with gives interesting insights into Waters’ influences and how she goes about writing each novel. The level of research required for an authentic historical novel is considerable, but, as she explains, writers are “like Wombles, picking up stuff here and there – some of it our own stuff, some of it our friends’ – but putting it to new, occasionally peculiar, but hopefully highly imaginative uses”.
She also reveals her enthusiasm for Kate Summerscale’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, which is one of the candidates for the Nibbie for Best Read this year.
Waters will be embarking upon an extensive promotional tour for the book, which includes an appearance at the Hay Festival on 30th may, where she will be interviewed by Sandi Toksvig. Details of her appearances will appear on the site as they are confirmed.
You can visit Sarah Waters’ site by clicking here.
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