Sophie Kinsella urged me to finish my bestseller, says Jojo Moyes

Sophie Kinsella urged me to finish my bestseller, says Jojo Moyes

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Jojo Moyes revealed Sophie Kinsella’s support to the Desert Island Discs show

The late author Sophie Kinsella convinced fellow writer Jojo Moyes to complete her bestselling romance novel Me Before You.

Speaking on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Moyes has credited Kinsella with inspiring her to keep going, when she nearly gave up on the book after writing 20,000 words.

It became an international bestseller and was adapted for the 2016 film starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin.

Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2022 and died earlier this month at the age of 55.

Speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Moyes described how she
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