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Adele Parks' husband's 'desperate' act in bestselling author's 20-year marriage
EXCLUSIVE: Author Adele Parks reveals why she is so prolific, explains the unique creative process behind her bestsellers and shares her passion for making reading accessible to all
The Teesside-born writer, who lives in Surrey with her husband Jim Pride (her son Conrad has now flown the nest), is something of a cult figure in certain literary circles, and she’s all too aware of the pressure she’s under to deliver something great. Adele and Jim now live in Surrey, where she spends her working days writing in her home office, and her free time producing highly artistic decorated plates. “My lovely first publisher said to me in passing, ‘You need to write a book a year so every summer you’re the person people reach for.’ So that was the advice, and I didn’t know any better, so I just thought, ‘OK, I’ll do it.’ Nobody has ever told me different.
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