Pamela Mclaren asked Jacqueline Winspear:

I assume that as a lot of authors you were an avid reader as a child. Was there one book -- or author -- that you read and it prompted you to think, I want to be an author too?

Jacqueline Winspear I was an obsessive reader. It was probably "One Hundred and One Dalmations" that did it, along with "The Trouble With Angels" by Jane Trahey - I realized I really liked reading memoir, and that I could do that too.

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Patti asked Jacqueline Winspear:

One of the many take always for me from your intriguing Maize Dobbs is her intuitive sense of mimicking someone's gait in order for her to better empathize with the person. I think empathize is what I mean. It's brilliant! I wanted to thank you for that and ask how you came about developing that tidbit in her investigatory premise as well as other " very Maize" investigation techniques?

Allison Stone asked Jacqueline Winspear:

Not a question, but gratitude. Thank you for the Maisie Dobbs books. For me, listening to the audio while on a walk is as good as therapy. (Oops I have to send a ? to make sure you see this!)

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I assume that as a lot of authors you were an avid reader as a child. Was there one book -- or author -- that you read and it prompted you to think, I want to be an author too?

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Not a question, but gratitude. Thank you for the Maisie Dobbs books. For me, listening to the audio while on a walk is as good as therapy. (Oops I have to send a ? to make sure you see this!)

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