Emma Perle's debut novel Much Ado About Benedict is out on February 25.
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A Sandon mum-of-two's first novel is being published this week - with her romantic work inspired by none other than William Shakespeare.
Emma Perle had always harboured a desire to write a novel, and said her "eureka moment" came when she thought of using the skeletal plot of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing - and put pen to paper just before the first lockdown.
She told this newspaper: "My love of Shakespeare stems from school. I studied drama and loved it, my drama teacher was Thane Bettany - the father of actor Paul Bettany - and he was so inspirational."