“I’d Been Thinking About This Book for Years Before I First Put Pen to Paper”: A Q&A with Jo Baker

 Perfect for Austenites and Downton Abbey fans, this smart, sweet-tempered, and entirely engaging story puts the household staff of Pride and Prejudice front and center. Jo Baker discusses her own love of Jane Austen’s books, the influence of “that English class thing” (and the scene from Pride and Prejudice that jumpstarted the writing of Longbourn), and writing about characters that kept interesting (and surprising her), among other things, with Discover Great New Writers.