The author behind best-selling romance novel and Netflix show One Day is coming to Kent.

David Nicholls will introduce his newest book, You Are Here, to fans in Sevenoaks as part of an author event at the town’s Walthamstow Hall School.

The event, hosted by Sevenoaks Bookshop, will see the award-winning author sign copies of the new book, published on April 23.

“I find the lead-up to publication very stressful,” says the Hampshire-born writer. “I always worry if [the book] is as good as it can be, how people will respond to it, whether people will buy it.

“I worry about them because I want people to enjoy it, but I’m very careful with the work now and I work hard to make sure that everything is as good as it can be, whether it’s a TV project or a novel.”

Since publishing his debut novel Starter For Ten in 2003, the writer has released six fiction books, including One Day and Us.

One Day, published in 2009, was named Galaxy Book of the Year and later turned into a feature film starring Anne Hathaway.

Earlier this year, the novel was adapted once again for the screen.

The book became a hit Netflix series in February, with Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall starring as lovelorn couple Emma and Dexter.

“I’m sure that [One Day] will be the most successful thing I ever write,” he adds. “But I think that You Are Here is a much better book.”

You Are Here follows two lonely people, Michael and Marnie, who swap stories on a coast-to-coast walk across northern England.

The story is inspired by the 57-year-old writer’s love of solitary walks.

“I love being outdoors and solitude,” he says. “Being by myself is a personal conscious decision, something I need to do every now and then just to think of ideas and work out what I want to write, and de-stress.”

David Nicholls will be at Walthamstow Hall School in Sevenoaks on Friday, May 3. You can book tickets online here.

Tickets cost £15, or £25 with a copy of the book.