A writer’s life can be pretty turbulent - both for the writer, and for their nearest and dearest. Their relationship with writing can be every bit as consuming as an amorous connection, their work-in-progress occasionally the literary equivalent of a needy other half. So, it’s perhaps little wonder that many remarkable writers have coupled-up - who better to understand a writer’s highs, lows, ebbs and flows than another writer?
That said, the love stories of the writer couples profiled below are far from serene (and very far from conventional). But you can bet your bottom dollar that being a fly on the wall chez any of these creative couples would have made for a fascinating experience. What’s more, in some cases their love was the source of their finest endeavours - work with the power to move the earth. Talking of which, one half of our first Literary Loves coined that very phrase…