It was all about young, debut authors at this year’s London Book Fair. Some of the most talked-about books were by writers whose own backstories—usually about emerging from anonymity to write the big book of the fair—were as talked about as the books they sold. One of the biggest books of the fair is by a high school math teacher. Another was discovered in the slush pile. Another is an ambitious nonfiction work by someone who’s worked as a reporter.
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