Best-selling author claims writers will only create best works after age of 35 when life as 'knocked them about a bit' as she warns would-be writers not to be 'in a hurry'
Best-selling author Joanna Trollope Photo: REX
It is often said that with age comes wisdom, patience and a better fine wine. Now, it seems there could be one other thing to look forward to: a best-selling novel.
Joanna Trollope, the author, has claimed writers will only create their best works after the age of 35, when life has "knocked them about a bit".
Saying she did not mean her words to sound "unkind" to the younger generation, she warned would-be writers not to be "in a hurry" to get published.
Trollope, 71, said she always advised young authors they would produce much better work after their 35th birthday than before, when they have experience both pain and joy.
The pronouncement may come as a surprise to the likes of Eleanor Catton, who won the Man Booker Prize aged just 28 in 2013 for The Luminaries.
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