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My Name Is Leon will be published by Viking in June.
Lisa Owens: ‘I wanted to tackle the idea that there’s a dream job
out there and you’ll find happiness by locating it’

Lisa Owens was signed by an agent within six months of completing
her creative writing MA. Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Observer
Owens left her job to write her novel, Not Working, which looks at
how endless career options leave many feeling overwhelmed
Lisa Owens had been working in publishing for six years when it began
to dawn on her that she wasn’t as ambitious in her chosen field as
friends and colleagues appeared to be in theirs.

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