I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At the award ceremony an agent asked me if I was writing a novel. I showed her four or five chapters of what would become 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' and to my surprise she auctioned them off.
Kate AtkinsonHindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about.
Kate AtkinsonPerhaps we are on an insula ex machina, an artificial place not in the real world at all -- a backdrop for the stories we must tell.
Kate AtkinsonI spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
Kate Atkinson