One of the things I’m often quizzed about as an author is ‘C.S, why do you choose to write about cultures and countries that you’ve never been to?’ And the answer is far simpler than you’d imagine. From as early as 8-years-old, I always considered myself to be a writer of fantasy and science fiction (before I heard the umbrella term of speculative fiction at least) and couldn’t understand why anybody would want to write about something as ‘boring’ as the real world. However, after a few months working in retail, I soon discovered that the old adage was most certainly true: reality is far stranger than fiction.
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