Eleanor Elliot Thomas an ex human rights lawyer and now an acclaimed author chats about how her legal experience informs her writing and her second book ‘Do We Deserve This

20 Jan 2026

Eleanor Elliot Thomas an ex human rights lawyer and now an acclaimed author chats about how her legal experience informs her writing and her second book ‘Do We Deserve This

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Eleanor Elliot Thomas an ex human rights lawyer and now an acclaimed author chats about how her legal experience informs her writing and her second book ‘Do We Deserve This

Robert and Andrew have an opening discussion about translating works from another language into English. They then interview Eleanor about her early jobs, her training to be a writer and her writing process. She then chats about her second novel ‘Do We Deserve This? The final discussion revolves around Writing Dialogue

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