Anna Carey

Thank you for having me.

Oh, thank you.

That is the best praise you can get, that somebody's going to bed early to read your book.

That's like the mark of quality.

Is this a little bit about your life, the professional side?

Well, it's about a TV scriptwriter called Annie who moves back to Dublin to take on what she thinks is her dream job, which is writing for an iconic Irish soap opera called

And when she gets there, she finds she has to share an office with her old college nemesis, I suppose you could call him, Art Sullivan, who the last time she saw him, he was literally laughing at her face for wanting to write for soap.

So he went off to be a sort of indie film golden boy and write for Prestige TV.

And now he's working for a soap opera in Dublin.

So they clash.

And then they have to work together when they realize somebody is kind of sabotaging the show.

So none of that has ever happened to me.

And also, obviously, you know, it's a romantic comedy.

So they do, they more than clash as it goes on.

But I am a former...

TV soap writer but sadly the reality of the job involves a lot more hard work and a lot less drama Not quite as exciting No, it's a lot of people working very hard at home so there's no opportunities for any of this sort of shenanigans but

I did want to sort of write a bit of a love letter to soap operas and TV and popular TV, you know, that doesn't always get the love it deserves.

Yeah, I really am.

Like, and I always...

have been.