15 publishers turned her down. Her first book sold 5 MILLION copies: Annabel Karmel MBE
Project Possible with Rich Leigh - interviews that might just change your lifeShow Notes
This week's guest is the Queen of Cooking for Kids - Annabel Karmel MBE.
Annabel is the UK’s number-one children’s cookery author and one of the most trusted names in baby and family food.
She has written 50 books, sold millions of copies and built an international brand that has helped generations of parents feed their children - including me.
But, before any of that, Annabel was a professional harpist. She performed internationally, appeared on television in front of 16 million people and even worked with Boy George.
Then her daughter Natasha died, in her arms, at just three months old.
Her life was forever changed. Annabel never played the harp again.
Instead, she turned her grief into a book that was rejected by 15 publishers - before selling five million copies and launching a career that has now lasted more than 35 years.
We talk about Natasha, losing music, starting again, motherhood, ambition, money, becoming 'Nanabel', and why Annabel is still building for the future.
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