Judith Summers
Judith Summers is the author of four novels and a prize-winning non-fiction book, Soho, A History of London’s Most Colourful Neighbourhood. Born and brought up in London, she studied Fine Art in Bristol and Manchester, and trained as a film editor with the BBC. After becoming a tourist guide, she discovered a passion for historical research. She has written widely on London. Her latest book is My Life with George, Surviving Life with the King of the Canines.

Fiftysomethings: The Story So Far
Both Linda Kelsey and Judith Summers have written about lives turned upside down. Here they spoke about the process of putting it all on paper, about how much of yourself you put into a novel and how you protect your loved ones when you write an autobiography.
In Linda’s novel, Fifty is not a Four Letter Word ,Hope turns fifty and then loses her job, her husband and her mother in the space of a few months but bounces back with gusto. In Judith’s memoir, My Life with George, she...