An Interview With: Sarah Vaughan
Longlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023 for Reputation
Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023, Sarah Vaughan joins Harrogate International Festivals and host Joe Haddow, to talk about her book, Reputation.
Emma is a high-profile MP. Impassioned and empathetic, she wants to make a positive difference but faces threats and trolling as she tries to work in the public eye. When she launches a campaign to protect women from the effects of online bullying, the abuse steps up. And when her teenage daughter’s character is called into question, Emma learns how far she will go to protect both their reputations. But still: how did she come to be standing trial for murder? She only lied once – didn’t she?
A little more about the author…
Sarah Vaughan read English at Oxford and went on to become a journalist. After training at the Press Association, she spent eleven years at the Guardian as a news reporter and political correspondent before leaving to freelance and write fiction. Her first two novels, The Art of Baking Blind and The Farm at the Edge of the World, were followed by her first psychological thriller, Anatomy of a Scandal, which became a Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy pick of the decade, and was developed into a Netflix series starring Rupert Friend, Michelle Dockery and Sienna Miller. Her fourth novel, Little Disasters, was published in 2020 and selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Reputation is her fifth novel.
