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@ The bestselling authors you*ve never heard of Swapping a highflying career in law to become the author of romantic thrillers was a change of gear that surprised even Louise Ross// Nevertheless, while on maternity leave with her son Ethan, now two, the 30yearold from Hertfordshire decided to give up her job to put pen to paper//
@ **I had been umming and ahhing for a while,** says Louise// **Even before I was pregnant with Ethan, I hadn*t been enjoying my job as much as I had hoped// Being an author is everyone*s dream, but having my son gave me the space to consider it seriously// I had no expectations// I just wrote for the enjoyment of it, and kept it under my hat initially//**
@ The result was *Holy Island*, a crime novel inspired by the desolate landscape of her childhood home in Northumberland, which was published in January this year// Since then, the book has sold more than 70,000 copies, reached no//1 in the Kindle bestseller list, and made her £70,000 virtually overnight// More surprisingly, she managed it without a book deal or agent, and despite a stack of rejection letters from publishers//
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