David Nicholls warns readers not to visit fictional locations in his novels
- David Nicholls, author of One Day, warns readers that the settings in his new novel, You Are Here, are fictional and do not exist.
- Fans of his previous work mobbed locations from his Netflix hit, prompting the author to caution against trying to visit the fictional places.
- Nicholls emphasized that the sites in his book are 'genuinely all made up.'
David Nicholls wrote a book called "You Are Here." He told readers that the places in the book are not real. The story is about two middle-aged people walking in the Lake District. The book has a note from the author saying that while he tried to describe the landscape accurately, the pubs and hotels in the story are made up. He also changed the route a bit. Fans of the Netflix adaptation of Nicholls' book "One Day" tried to find the real locations from the story. The show made a cafe in London very popular. Nicholls has been with his partner for over 20 years and finds modern dating apps very different from how he used to date. David Nicholls warned fans not to look for the places in his new book. The locations in "You Are Here" are all made up. The book follows a couple hiking in the Lake District. The author explained that while he tried to describe the landscape accurately, the pubs and hotels in the story are fictional. He also made some changes to the route. Nicholls said that the first night in the book where the characters stay in a pub by a lake is not a real place. He mentioned that the places in the book are inspired by other places but are not real. Nicholls finds it hard to write about dating in modern times as it is very different from his own experiences.