Author Adele Parks Reflects on Past Habits, Unread Writers, and True Love

Adele Parks: ‘If I could ​edit my pas​t, I’d be fitter younger – I​ would have been hotter’

The author on the habit she can’t control, the writer she’s never read, and the true love of her life (it’s not her husband) Born in North Yorkshire, Adele Parks, 57, studied English at the University of Leicester then worked in advertising. In 2000, she published her debut novel, Playing Away, and has since written a book every year. Her latest is Eyes on You. Her work has been translated into 31 languages and in 2022 she was awarded the MBE for services to literature. She is an ambassador f...

By Rosanna Greenstreet