Paula Hawkins talks to Julia Gillard

In Paula Hawkins’ fourth thriller The Blue Hour, a small bone at the centre of a famous sculpture is revealed to be human, and three people become intimately connected by the secrets and lies that put it there. Set on a Scottish tidal island connected to the mainland for just a few hours each day, and home to only one inhabitant, The Blue Hour asks questions of ambition, power, art and perception.
Hawkins discusses her novel with Julia Gillard, former Australian prime minister, chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, and host of A Podcast of One’s Own.

Hawkins worked as a journalist for 15 years before writing her first novel The Girl on the Train, which has sold more than 23 million copies worldwide. Published in over 50 languages, it was adapted for a hit film starring Emily Blunt. Paula’s thrillers Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning were also instant number one bestsellers.