âFailure was my thingâ: Womenâs prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success
The American author received âthousands of rejectionsâ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel Just as I am about to
The American author received âthousands of rejectionsâ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel Just as I am about to interview this yearâs Womenâs prize winner, debut American novelist Virginia Evans, at the party on a drizzly evening in a leafy London square, we are interrupted because someone wants to congratulate her.
The fan is Richard Curtis. A warm-hearted weepy with a sprinkling of gentle humour, Evansâs prize-winning novel The Correspondent is prime Curtis material. In fact, he is too late. âI think he just wants to be my friend,â Evans jokes modestly â Notting Hill is her favourite movie of all time.
A film of The Correspondent is already in the pipeline with Jane Fonda playing 73-year-old Sybil Van Antwerp, the crotchety correspondent of the title. Evans will be one of the producers and will have a cameo appearance, âwalking a dog or somethingâ.
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