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Harriet Evans

Biography

I was born in London in 1974 and grew up on the mean streets of Chiswick, where I went to school. I was a completely undistinguished pupil in every way, except I absolutely loved reading and drama. My only achievements from the age of 5 to 18 were a) winning a doodling competition at primary school (of a witch flying in the sky with balloons in her hand) b) I was head chorister of the church choir, which believe me is not something that wins you cool points with anyone you know apart from your granny c) I wrote an article for Harpers & Queen's Teenage Issue when I was fourteen which meant going to a very smart gallery opening in my friend Kate's black Lycra evening dress from Next (I've still got a copy of the magazine and I look like a teenage vulture).
After school I went to Bristol University and did Classical Studies, which was great; I absolutely loved Bristol and I liked being a student and being with people who didn't know my shameful head chorister past. I left university and adventurously headed straight back down the motorway to London again. I wanted to get into magazines, but the only place that would give me a job was the Lady magazine, which turned out to be one of those horrific first jobs you have when you're twenty-two and don't understand a word of what's going. I did learn how to polish chandeliers and a lot of facts about interesting road signs in Devon, however.
But somehow it wasn't enough, so I left, and a couple of months later I was lucky enough to get a job as secretary at a publisher called Reed. When my bosses moved to Penguin I went with them and stayed there for seven very happy years, where I progressed from secretary to editorial director, doing mostly women's fiction. I left in 2003 and went to another publisher, Headline, where I am today and I adore it. I live in a flat in Kensal Rise, which is a highly desirable area of London very close to Notting Hill (or am I lying about that?).
My mum and dad both work in publishing and my dad wrote thrillers many years ago, so you could say writing is in the blood. I don't know about that, I just know I love it, and I love telling stories where you can decide what happens to your characters, and making up a whole world of people and plots that hopefully means the reader loses themselves in something for a few hours, that makes them smile, keeps them gripped and is complete escapism. I wrote the book I wanted to read, and I hope Going Home is just that - I also hope it means other people will enjoy it too.