![]() ![]() I’ve always been a traveller and when I was in my early twenties I put on my backpack and set off with around the world ticket. I was born in London and grew up in the UK. Were you born and raised in Adelaide? And what do you do other than being a successful writer? In a chat with TAL, the writer speaks about her love for Mallee and travelling, tryst with grief, and future plans.īefore we move on to the book, please tell us something about yourself. Mallee Boys deals with the concepts of teenage angst, self-discovery and isolation –themes that stem from her own experiences of being an educator and dealing with young adults and their idiosyncrasies. Her debut novel, Mallee Boys is not only flying off the shelves but has also received the prestigious Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award. ![]() Life has indeed been a roller coaster ride full of surprises for this Adelaidean. “If someone were to predict when I was younger, that I would one day come and live in Adelaide, I would have been extremely surprised! But life has a funny way of picking you up and taking you places you’d never have imagined,” says the newest writer on the block, Charlie Archbold. ![]()
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