The chef turned award-winning author unfazed by 'second book syndrome'
Louise Kennedy, the author of Trespasses, says everyone "should give anything they fancy a lash".
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"I could very easily never have written a word and continued my career as a chef."
— Louise Kennedy , Celebrity
"I knew that there were going to be readers for Stations, but I could only write the book that I wanted to write."
— Louise Kennedy , Celebrity
"Give anything you fancy a lash."
— Louise Kennedy , Celebrity
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Louise Kennedy, the author of Trespasses, says everyone "should give anything they fancy a lash".
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