Lucky 13 Interview With Sarah Armstrong

1 – Can you start by telling us a little about your current book?

The Starlings of Bucharest is the sequel to The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt. The main character, Ted, has stumbled into a job as a film reviewer for a magazine which focuses on films from the Eastern Bloc. Once he starts to think he knows what he's doing, he realises that there are people who have other plans for him.

2 – Are you a plotter or a panster?

I'm a mix - I know a couple of plot points ahead and have an idea of where I'm heading, but it's never quite where I end up.

3 – Savoury or sweet?

Savoury

4 – Three books to a desert Island. Go!

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

5 – Star Wars or Star Trek?

Star Wars

6 – If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

Invisibility

7 – Music or Silence when writing?

Loud music, preferably from the 70s or 90s

8 – If you could live anywhere in the world, and take everything that you love with you, where would you choose?

The Durrell's house on Cyprus

9 - Your favourite karaoke song?

Viva Las Vegas

10 – One piece of advice to an aspiring writer?

Find a writing partner so you can tell each other what you should improve for free.

11 – You win £1 million, but you must give half to charity. Which charity do you chose, and what do you do with the rest of the money?

The Galactosaemia Support Group, which is tiny and underfunded, and the rest goes on developing invisibility serums.

12 – Horror films, yes or no? If so, any favourites?

No!

13 - What are you currently working on?

Book 3 of the Moscow Wolves series - can someone who knows the dangers of the Soviet Union be tempted back?