The Big Idea: Gillian Daniels

While we often want to feel like a lone wolf, so independent and above it all, even more often we want to feel like we belong and fit in. Author Gillian Daniels explores the idea of being seen as acceptable whilst feeling anything but. Follow along in the Big Idea for her newest novel, Jenny Will Eat You Now to see if socializing and fitting in might be right for you! GILLIAN DANIELS: My debut novel is about Jenny Greenteeth, an English folklore figure struggling to answer the eternal question: should I date a human man or eat him? In early reviews, I’m proud to say it’s been called horrifying, romantic, and gross. It was my intention to make it all those things! I also wanted to make it about loneliness and the drive for connection. While I had the idea for years, I began drafting Jenny Will Eat You Now in earnest during COVID lockdown. Understandably, ideas of isolation and the value of human touch were on my mind. I can’t imagine this project without those elements. I never felt…