JoJo Moyes (REPLAY): On Both Rejection and Success

This is a replay of an old episode with JoJo Moyes, recorded back in 2018 at the Penguin offices! A trip down memory lane! Jojo Moyes is a novelist, best known for her bestselling book Me Before You which has sold over 8 million copies worldwide, she has been a full time novelist since 2002, before that she was a journalist for 10 years. Me Before You has since gone on to sell over 8 million copies worldwide. The film adaptation of Me Before You starring Sam Claflin & Emilia Clarke was released in June 2016 and was a huge box-office success with the screenplay also written by Jojo. since this interview, she’s published the Giver Of Stars which has been a huge success, in this episode we spoke about dealing with rejected manuscripts, changing jobs, her new book Still Me , the power of listening to feedback and the excitement of being on a film set when you wrote the main characters. Hope you enjoy! Me Before You: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780718157838 Still Me: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781405924207 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.