Penny Batchelor - Domestic noir, disability in fiction and writing female friendships

Penny Batchelor is a thriller writer whose first novel My Perfect Sister was nominated for the Guardian "Not The Booker Prize" 2020. We discuss her latest novel Her New Best Friend, about an isolated mother of two young children whose new friend may not be all she seems. We talk about including disabled people in fiction, taking the plunge to write that first novel after turning 40, exploring female friendships on the page and jumping around genres. Penny is also the co-founder of Thriller Women with EC Scullion, where they share interviews with female thriller writers.

Links

Thriller Women

Her New Best Fried - Penny Batchelor

My Perfect Sister - Penny Batchelor

Her Perfect Twin - Sarah Bonner

The Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi

You can find Penny Batchelor via her website https://www.pennybatchelor.co.uk/

And on Twitter @penny_author