That must help us understand each other - even if only a little. I think there is a great value in the way fiction allows you to become other people for a while, to see the world from their point of view. I feel sure that books have moulded me and taught me all kinds of things - though these thing are so much a part of me now that it’s difficult to stand back and identify them. It never bothered me whether the main character in the book was female or male, I identifed with them regardless. I was particularly fond of historical novels and spent a lot of my childhood in the medieval period. Like a lot of bookish children I was always happier inside a story than I was in the real world. What impact have books have had on you as a person and an author? Susanna is the author of two other books, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. This week, we're hearing from Susanna Clarke, who recently won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 with her novel, Piranesi. Welcome to The books that shaped me - a Good Housekeeping series in which authors talk us through the reads that stand out for them.
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