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‘Their love song is very sweet and sort of ridiculous’– Lydia Netzer
My Undercover Soundtrack guest this week got her novel’s title from a song by Carbon Leaf. She describes it as ‘a love story with a side of robots and maths’ and so far it’s charmed the critics at...
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‘As I listened, I felt Philip Glass had written the novel for me’– Linda Gillard
My guest this week says her novel would never have made it to publication if not for a piece of music. She’d been trying for a long time to weave two narratives together and was about to give up when...
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‘A harsh, frightening and lonely book to write’– Tabitha Suzuma
The most haunting pieces on The Undercover Soundtrack delve far deeper than inspiration. My guest this week shares a very personal story. Her debut novel, about a teenage piano prodigy, didn’t come...
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‘This song changed my novel’– Caroline Smailes
My guest this week says she always found music a distraction rather than a help in her writing. Until a lyric sneaked into her thought processes – and from then on the novel took its own turn. She...
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‘The impossible bridge between words and music’– Philippa Rees
My guest this week has frequently noticed how many Undercover Soundtrack authors describe music as a benign, supportive influence; a creative partner, if you will. She says for her it has been more of...
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‘It began as a buffer to domestic chaos…’– Jan Ruth
My guest this week began using music as a sanctuary in a busy, rumbustious house. But she soon found that the music was having its own inspirational influence. For her unconventional romance novels she...
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