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An 82-year-old grandmother is celebrating after landing a book deal for her debut novel.
Published: 7:30AM BST 28 Jun 2010
Myrrha Stanford-Smith, a teacher and theatre director, said she was ”gobsmacked” to be handed the three-book agreement, which saw her first work The Great Lie start appearing on shelves last week.
The trained actress, who lives in Holyhead, North Wales, has always held a passion for creative writing.
She decided to see if her talent could really take off after receiving positive feedback on a short children’s story she sent in to BBC Radio Wales last summer.
The Brighton-born writer secured herself a deal with publisher Honno, for a trilogy based around her swashbuckling Elizabethan hero Nick Talbot…Continue reading
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