She wrote her first novel at just seven years of age and has since gone on to sell more a million copies around the world.
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Kate Forsyth will visit Port Macquarie Library on July 31 where she will give her views on successful writing and her latest book.
Her books include Bitter Greens, a retelling of Rapunzel which won the 2015 American Library Association Award for Best Historical Fiction; The Wild Girl, the story of the forbidden romance behind the Grimm Brothers' famous fairy tales, named the Most Memorable Love Story of 2013; and The Beast's Garden, a retelling of 'The Singing, Springing Lark' set in the underground resistance to Hitler in Nazi Germany.
The author has a BA in literature, a MA in creative writing and a doctorate in fairy tale studies, and is also an accredited master storyteller with the Australian Guild of Storytellers.
In her latest book, history is once more brought to life in spectacular fashion.
Paralleling the turbulent times of revolutionary France and the secrecy of Imperial China The Blue Rose is an evocative tale of endurance, love and triumph.
Kate says she has been fascinated by revolutionary France since reading The Scarlet Pimpernel as a child.
"I have always wanted to write a novel set in this period," she says.
I have always wanted to write a novel set in this period.
- Kate Forsyth
"However it wasn't until I stumbled across details of the real-life quest to bring red roses to Europe that the seeds of The Blue Rose began to grow.
"It is through the impossible love story of French aristocrat Viviane and Welsh gardener David that the reader is guided into our past."
Weaving the events of revolutionary France amongst the adventures of the British Embasssy expedition to China, Kate explores the differences between eastern and western cultures of the 18th Century on a personal level.
From details of the women's march on Versailles, the first popular uprising of women in the world, to China's refusal to trade with Britain except on their own terms, Kate demonstrates the events of our past that still resonate with current times and reveals the continued importance of fighting to change the world for the better.
Kate Forsyth will be at the Port Macquarie Library on July 31 from 6pm until 7.30pm.
For more information and to RSVP call 6581 8755 or go to the library website.
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