I recently was lucky enough to see Kate Morton at a Writers Festival and it was not long after I finished The Distant Hours so for once it was great timing on my part. Kate is effervescent and a lot of fun to hear speak, she is very passionate about her writing and in that Australian way very self deprecating about her talent. Kate treated us to a short reading from the book she is currently working on which was a lot of fun as she put on the different accents and funny voices for each of the characters which provided a real insight as to how she feels her characters are a part of her and want to have a story written about them. She also said she enjoys creating a real setting in her books which really comes through in her descriptive writing style.
I was pleasantly surprised as to how similar Kate was to me (well accept for her obvious talent in writing and my lack thereof), she loved Enid Blyton books growing up and is aiming to achieve the same sort of 'lost in a book, escaping to the world of books" experience her early reading days provided her. This is exactly why I love reading so much the escapism provided by books has always been more real to me than TV. Kate is trying to find the balance with family life and work just like us all and was very honest about the up and down nature of the writing and publishing industry.
Kate has great website that like her books has a beautiful setting and provides a lot of information about her books, it is definitely worth a visit at www.katemorton.com/.
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