Original and instantly gripping, The Choice is domestic and relatable but with a dark secret and huge moral dilemma: would you kill a man if you knew he was plotting to blow up a school? Upon the release of her new book, author S J Ford shares ten things about the author behind the novel.
S J Ford
1) I perpetually battle my super-sweet tooth. It particularly adores citrus-y things, and everything black forest.
2) I am enchanted by sloths. It’s not that they’re my spirit animals, I’m too intense and pacey for that, but I love everything about them. As a result, never does a birthday of mine or Christmas pass without someone contributing something new to my sloth collection – this past year’s additions were an apron, a mouse mat and the annual sloth calendar.
3) Whilst I never officially decided to collect them, I do ultimately have an extensive collection of mugs. I have hot chocolate mugs, tea mugs, coffee mugs. Different textures, shapes and sizes. Most have a special meaning or sentiment connected to them, and they are more important to me than they probably should be.
4) Generally, I far prefer the company of souls with four legs than souls with two. I’m an introvert, I love my family very deeply and I enjoy being around people with positive energy, but I’m most at peace with my animal friends.
5) In my lifetime, I want to experience a hot air balloon, witness the wildebeest migration in Africa and see the “proper” arctic – while it still exists in its pure, true form.
6) One of my favourite days out to date was climbing Snowdon with my dad and brother. It was brutal and amazing.
7) I don’t think any of my readers would guess it based on the seriousness of The Choice, but I love puns. I don’t include them in my writing but I feel genuine glee if an inadvertent pun finds its way into a conversation.
About The Choice
The Husband. The Lawyer. The Detective. The Journalist. The Murderer. You are the jury. When Jane Bell uncovered that her next-door neighbour planned to blow up their local primary school, she tried to get the police to listen to her. When they chose to do nothing, she took matters into her own hands. Jane Bell saved the children. She is a hero. She stopped a terrorist attack. She murdered a man. Jane Bell committed a crime, and no matter what herreasons are surely she must face the legalrepercussions of her actions. Now several people follow Jane's case, each with their own thoughts on what happened. Is Jane the hero orthe villain? It's up to you to decide.
