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I was born and grew up in in Guyana, a former British colony in South America. I've always been fascinated by far-off countries and cultures, and at the age of 19 I left home to roam the world. I travelled in South America and Asia and ended up in Germany, and that's been my physical base ever since. My spiritual home is India; specifically, Arunachala, Tamil Nadu.
I've been writing all my life, but only found the confidence, motivation and time to write a full length novel in my mid-forties. I've now had three books published; the fourth, White Night, is currently on submission to New York editors through my agent, Emily Saladino of Writers House.
White Night is the story of a Guyanese journalist who investigates the People's Temple community hidden in the Guyana jungle. She infiltrates the cult and gets the dubious honour of a private audience with its power-crazed leader Jim Jones - who has a rather more intimate interview on his mind...!
She must draw on her last reserves of wit and courage to thwart the madman's plan for mass suicide and save herself and a group of friends. Luckily, she knows the back way through the jungle...
My published novels are:
Of Marriageable Age
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
Also available in German, French, Danish and Spanish
ISBN: 0006513255
A half-caste boy adopted by a mysterious English doctor. A headstrong teenage girl, caught between traditional Hindu values and the modern world. A Brahmin cook's daughter with the power of healing. Three characters, three continents, three decades, all linked together by a powerful secret.
Peacocks Dancing
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
Also available in German, French, Danish and Spanish
ISBN: 0007118473
A wild misfit of a girl grows up in the shadow of her beautiful step-sister, neglected by a happy-go-lucky father and hobbled by her social-climbing stepmother. Following the trail of a lost family connection, she travels to India. There she joins forces with a Hindu monk looking for his lost daughter in the horrific black hole that is Bombay's red-light district.
The Speech of Angels
Publisher: HarperCollins, London
ISBN: 0007123868
An orphaned Indian street child is whisked away from Bombay’s chaos, danger, and filth by a charitable Western couple. She is given a comfortable home, a first-class education - and a precious half-violin. The child prodigy becomes an international superstar. She must learn that fame and fortune have a bitter aftertaste, and that music can never be a servant. She must fall from the heights of fame and follow music back to her own simple roots.
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