Helen Cooper author of psychological thrillers THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOUR, THE OTHER GUEST and the forthcoming THE COUPLE IN THE PHOTOHelen chats about:the long days required to study creative writing around workhow persistence and constant learning can pay off,how your agent believing in you is worth its weight in goldusing friends with police and medical backgrounds to check plot holeshow rewriting can be helpful to flesh out characters and plotGuest: Helen Cooper Twitter: @HelenCooper85 Instagram: @HelenCooperWriter Books: The Other Guest by Helen Cooper Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books:The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family Helen’s recommendations: A book for fans of Helen’s work: The Girls by Lisa Jewel A book Helen has always loved: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier & My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier A book coming soon or recently released that Helen recommends: The Choice by Lucy Martin Other books that we chatted about in this episode: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.