Beginner's Pluck: M.R. Hamilton - 'Don't be afraid. Just write.'

“As a child, I wrote poetry, and then songwriting. I took myself seriously in 2007, and an agent was interested in a novel, but after the crash of 2008, I lost heart.

M.R. Hamilton, author

M.R. (Mo) Hamilton comes from a cultured family.

“My father worked for the Manchester Guardian,” she says. “My parents loved music and books. My father took me to classical concerts when I was eight years old.”