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Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete podcast. My guest today is the amazing Jesse Burton,

the author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels The Miniaturist, which sold over a million

copies in its first year of publication The Muse and the Confession. She wrote a children's book

called The Restless Girls, and she has a dazzling feminist retelling of Medusa out now. Her

novels have been translated into over 38 languages. She's a regular essay writer,

and she's one of my favorite authors to follow on Instagram for her writing advice,

colorful interiors, and pictures of her cat, of course. In this episode we discuss bringing

alive the story of Medusa for a new generation. We discuss her wonderful novels, her writing over

the years, her relationship with success and social media, and so much more. I absolutely loved

this conversation, and I hope you do too.

So welcome Jesse Burton to The Podcast. I've wanted to talk to you for a long time, so I'm really

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