29 June 2015
M.J. Rose is the bestselling author of numerous novels including, most recently, The Witch of Painted Sorrows (Atria Books). A former advertising executive, she is also the founder of Authorbuzz.com - a marketing services company that promotes directly to those who matter most: readers. Read more
On literary snobbery
‘I always quote Kurt Vonnegut. He said in the early part of his career he was dismissed as a science fiction writer and that critics tend to put genre books, including sci-fi, in the bottom drawer of their desk... It's true. I get the New York Times every Sunday. In 37 novels, I've never had a stand-alone review. I'm always in the crime round-up. Read more