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‘I don’t personally need any more wispy waifish characters’: Laura Vincent’s hot take on writing

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BY Laura Vincent
18 March, 2026

The debut novelist in the running for our biggest literary prize does love writing groups, new personal mottos and Pink Floyd though.

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