![]() ![]() I've just finished writing a retelling of the Grimms' Beauty and the Beast, set in Nazi Germany. What drew you to the subject matter of your latest book? ![]() "Kate Forsyth is one of the finest writers of this generation." I liked that! What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?īe brave. Nobody's ever written anything strange about me! I can tell you the nicest thing. ![]() I expected to see the ghost of myself, a little girl with crooked plaits, sitting on the floor with her nose in her book… What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever read about yourself or your work? I did a talk there recently and it was incredible to be back. Gordon Library on the North Shore of Sydney was an enormous part of my childhood, and so it will always be my favourite. What was the last good book you read?Ī Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War & A Ruined House in France by Miranda Richmond Mouillot. ![]() Kate has also written series for children of all ages and the contemporary novel Dancing on Knives. Her books have been published in seventeen different countries, including Japan, Poland, Spain, Russia and Turkey. She completed a doctorate in fairytale retellings and the novels that have come out of this fascination include the winner of the 2015 American Libraries Association Prize for Historical Fiction, Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl. Kate Forsyth is the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including The Witches of Eileanan and Rhiannon's Ride fantasy series for adults. ![]()
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