Sophie Elmhirst on discovering the remarkable story of Maurice and Maralyn

“You have to credit the truth and pay homage to it when writing non-fiction, but that doesn’t mean that you have to sacrifice story and character and all those things that make fiction great”

Author InterviewsDec 1, 2023by Caroline Sanderson

Sophie Elmhirst © Sophie Davidson

Award-winning journalist Sophie Elmhirst tells the remarkable story of a couple lost at sea for more than 118 days after their yacht sank in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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