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                Author: Publishers sent me 'canned peach slices'
Emma Healey's award winning debut novel 'Elizabeth is Missing' is already being turned into a television series.
Emma told 5 live Afternoon Edition how the book, which has been described as a 'dementia detective story', ended up at the centre of a nine-way publisher bidding war.
She said some publishers sent her "canned peach slices" as part of the bidding process because she mentions the fruit in the book.
This clip is originally from 5 live Afternoon Edition on January 14 2015.
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