Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Promising Young Writer
By the time the book came out, complete with flap copy emphasising my youth, I wanted to bury it. A year later, I was handed a shovel. Some Australian publishers were interested in my short story collection and novel-in-progress...We agreed to pretend my other debut hadn’t happened.
Speaking from her experience of being a debut author twice, Woollett explores the phenomenon of marketing and applauding writers (especially female ones) for their youth.