Farnham Library was host to an evening of joy and pessimistic humour as a former staff member hosted a Q&A evening. Faye Murphy sat down to discuss her book “A Dishonest Miss Take” at the library on Tuesday, November 19. guest, friends and family watched on as Faye answered questions on her writing process and the journey of her first book being published in Michigan, USA. The book is set in a reimagined Victorian London where the pollution of the Industrial Revolution gives people special powers. At the heart of the story is Clara a notorious villain turned unlikely superhero. Despite her selfish, sarcastic and cynical nature she takes on the city’s corrupt and powerful elite with her power to take people’s pain away. Her literary inspirations include Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Her favourite book was “The Last Chance” released in 1990 by Adams. She kicked off the Q&A by reading an excerpt of the book to the audience. Faye opened up to the audience about her organised chaos saying her writing process revolves around creating a “biosphere of chaos”. Sometimes Faye would throw herself into writing the story and then later find she needed to plan in more detail. She however said “No word I have ever written has been a waste of time every word I write is honing my craft. Faye revealed she will continue to write but has no intention at the moment in writing a sequel but is open to exploring a prequel to her first published story.
