‘Both Dale and I have been writing fiction for a long time, just less commercially successfully basically,’ Sam says, laughing. ‘But I think for both of us this has kind of been a lifelong dream.’ The two have been friends for years, and have collaborated before, alongside their mutual friend Lauren Beukes, on a short story called This Book Will Find You. ‘I think what we learnt during that project is that Dale and I have incredibly complementary skills.’
Dale came up with the core idea that would later become . ‘He asked if he could pick my brain about it and we started chatting. The idea started spiralling bigger and bigger, and it felt very natural to just continue working on it together. I think we’re both really glad that we did. I think it’s much cooler than anything either of us could have created in isolation. And it was also just so much more fun writing together than it was writing alone. It feels a bit
