This is my dream job! I suppose the alternative would have been that I'd have continued in business, but I know there would always have been a part of me left unfulfilled.' What's the best moment of your career? hard question! Now I'm a full-time writer, I honestly can't imagine doing anything else. Perhaps pick 5-6 agents who represent authors in a similar genre to you, and then write them a concise, compelling covering letter about why you'd like them to represent you, and include the first three chapters of your novel.' If you hadn't have become a writer, what would you have done?

The Writers and Artists Yearbook has a list of all the UK literary agents and the type of writers they represent. 'Once you've drafted your first novel, I'd recommend approaching a literary agent. I was 24 at the time – and it took me until I was 30 to sign my first book deal.' What's your best tip for somebody trying to get a novel published? It took a round-the-world trip with a van, tent and travel journal to make me realize that what I wanted to do most was write. 'I'd always assumed I'd have a career in business and I pushed aside all the signals that I'd perhaps make a better writer: I'd kept diaries and journals since I was 11 I read voraciously I studied English Literature at university I'm at my happiest with a notebook and pen in my hand. As memories of the man she married start slipping through her fingers, everything she ever knew and loved about him is thrown into question – until she's no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with – or someone else entirely…' How did you get into writing?

Isolated on the shores of the island, strange details about her husband's past begin to emerge. It is the story of a recently widowed young woman, Eva, who travels to Tasmania to meet her late-husband's family. 'A Single Breath is set on a remote and wildly beautiful island off the coast of Tasmania. Bear Grylls // Digital Spy Tell us about your new book, A Single Breath

A single breath by lucy clarke