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Join Simon Trewin and Sam Blake for Winning the Writing Game with Maxine Mei-Fung Chung.
Maxine completed the Faber Academy advanced novel-writing course and her debut novel The Eighth Girl was recently released to critical acclaim: "Beautiful. Damaged. Destructive. Meet Alexa Wú, a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her shrink Daniel; her stepmother Anna; and her enigmatic best friend Ella. The perfect trio of trust."
Find out more abut this gripping debut at maxinemeifungchung.com/books/the-eighth-girl
Sam Blake delves into how Maxine writing fits in with a busy career, her inspiration for the novel, the challenges of writing fiction and what it takes to write a breakout debut.
Maxine Mei-Fung Chung is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who lectures on trauma, gender and sexuality, clinical dissociation, and attachment theory at the Bowlby Centre and was awarded the Jafar Kareem Bursary for her work supporting people from ethnic minorities experiencing isolation and mental health problems.
Originally trained in the arts, Maxine previously worked as a creative director for ten years at Condé Nast, The Sunday Times, and The Times (London).
Join Simon Trewin and Sam Blake for Winning the Writing Game with Maxine Mei-Fung Chung.
Maxine completed the Faber Academy advanced novel-writing course and her debut novel The Eighth Girl was recently released to critical acclaim: "Beautiful. Damaged. Destructive. Meet Alexa Wú, a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her shrink Daniel; her stepmother Anna; and her enigmatic best friend Ella. The perfect trio of trust."
Find out more abut this gripping debut at maxinemeifungchung.com/books/the-eighth-girl
Sam Blake delves into how Maxine writing fits in with a busy career, her inspiration for the novel, the challenges of writing fiction and what it takes to write a breakout debut.
Maxine Mei-Fung Chung is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who lectures on trauma, gender and sexuality, clinical dissociation, and attachment theory at the Bowlby Centre and was awarded the Jafar Kareem Bursary for her work supporting people from ethnic minorities experiencing isolation and mental health problems.
Originally trained in the arts, Maxine previously worked as a creative director for ten years at Condé Nast, The Sunday Times, and The Times (London).
