Book Interview: Helene Hanff's cousin Jean introduces the reissued Letter from New York 

“Her only goal from childhood was to be a produced playwright and that never happened, then to become internationally known for some letters she wrote to a bookstore in another country, nobody could have seen that coming”

American writer Helene Hanff (1916 - 1997) outside second-hand booksellers Marks and Co at 84 Charing Cross Road in London, UK, June 1971. Hanff wrote the book '84, Charing Cross Road' in 1970, about her correspondence with Frank Doel, chief buyer for the shop. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

• Letter from New York
• Helene Hanff; with an introduction by Jean Hanff Korelitz
• Manderley Press