After Anton Chekhov and Arthur Conan Doyle, Tade Thompson is the latest in a long line of medical doctors who have become writers.
Thompson joked about battling an addiction to books, saying: “I always have a book with me no matter what I’m doing.”
Aged 14, Thompson wrote a James Bond pastiche, which his classmates enjoyed, and he found himself trying to write novels.
Thompson sees a crossover between writing and psychiatry as they both reflect his interest in people. “If you’re writing science-fiction, often people are expecting astronomy and space ships,” he said.