“I never dreamed of becoming a writer – then, in my 40s, I let go of fear and reinvented myself”

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“I never dreamed of becoming a writer – then, in my 40s, I let go of fear and reinvented myself”

By Kate Kemp

2 months ago

6 min read

Kate Kemp won the Stylist Prize for Feminist Fiction and now her debut novel, The Grapevine, is almost out in the world. She shares how she transformed her life in her 40s and entered the writing industry.


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