The history of “one hit wonders” in varied creative fields is a testament to the challenge. Writing a new work on the heels of a stratospheric work such as her first novel, the pressure for the second to be as equal or better, can be crushing. She knew if she were to express it out loud the ordeal of her success would unlikely garner much sympathy but she bravely shared her experiences in blogposts.Īt the same time she was working on her second novel. Burton began to feel insecure and depressed. Burton’s first novel, it can make a girl’s head swim. When Martin Scorsese is downloading it to his Kindle and a Spice Girl is tweeting her love for Ms. Such a swirl of activity can leave one amazed and confused at the same time. Burton has had a difficult time walking the golden road of success and fame. The young woman develops a relationship with him. A craftsman, residing in 17th century Amsterdam, creates miniatures for the little house for the young bride. This story tells about a teen bride, a young lady of just 18, who marries an older, wealthy man who presents her with an elaborate doll house. She wrote part of The Miniaturist on her little phone screen, on the commuter train to her temporary job. Burton did over 200 book promotion events in the space of 18 months. The Miniaturist, set in 17th-century Amsterdam has had giant success. The culmination of success for her first novel was when it was adapted as a BBC One miniseries in 2017. It was also given the National Book Awards Book of the Year and Waterstones Book of the Year 2014.
This astonishing successful first novel has been both a New York Times and a Sunday Times bestseller, sold over a million copies its first year of publication, and was Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime story. Her first novel has been sold in 34 countries around the world with a multitude of over 40 translations. Burton, the author of “The Miniaturist”, which, after an 11-publisher auction for the the rights to bring the book to print, rocketed to the top of the publishing world’s charts. Jessie Burton hasn’t been entirely comfortable with the fame and fortune her meteoric rise to stardom has brought her.
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