Simon Stephenson shows how medicine and writing align, why clichés weakenstorytelling, and how authenticity speaks most powerfully to readers

Simon Stephenson originally trained as a doctor and worked in London and Scotland. He previously wrote Let Not the Waves of the Sea, a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. It won Best First Book at theScottish Book Awards, was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and a DailyTelegraph Book of the Year. His first novel, Set My Heart to Five, has been optioned by Working Title Films. He currently lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a screenwriter. He originated and wrote the film The Electrical ife of Louis Wain and wrote on Pixar’s Luca. The Snowman Code is Simon’s first book for young readers.

In this episode, he reads from The Snowman Code.

Websites: https://www.simonstephenson.com/the-snowman-code

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