Opening the door

BESTSELLING WRITER GYTHA LODGE TELLS CRIME MONTHLY WHAT INSPIRES HER WRITING

Most writers need some kind of support network, whether it’s from a writing group, mentorship or tutorial group. It’s so important to find the right balance of encouragement, advice, constructive crit

I’d love to see more of the world, I’d love to learn to play a musical instrument and I’d like to live abroad sometime. Even if it’s just for a short while, it would be great to embrace somewhere new.

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. But like many daughters of immigrant parents, I followed the safer path. I became a management consultant. I wore suits, talked strategy, and bu

JESSICA DE GOUW on welcoming us to a department store stocked with couture clothing and conflict

Before she became a self-made millionaire and bestselling author, Denise Duffield-Thomas grew up in a low-income family near Newcastle, Australia. ‘My family used to daydream about winning the lottery