Author interview: Novel imagines Jane Austen falling in love at the seaside

Paula Byrne, an Austen scholar, was inspired to write 'Six Weeks by the Sea' because the question she is most frequently asked about the author is 'did she ever fall in love?'

As someone who has been studying Austen for decades and has written an acclaimed biography titled ‘The Real Jane Austen’, Paula Byrne is well-equipped to imagine what the author was like.

• Six Weeks by the Sea 
• Paula Byrne 
• William Collins, €17.99