The second book, I got married in the middle of it. (I had to forfeit one fifth of my advance to get a libel read for my second book.) My agent got interest from several publishers in the manuscript, but in the end, we went with Harry Potter’s publisher, Bloomsbury, who also published my second book. I was lucky with my second book, it had great marketability, being about the rivalry between Barça and Real Madrid. Radio documentaries are more social than book writing, working with producers, and involve short timeframes.

Source: Irish Examiner February 16, 2026 22:30 UTC