This week I made a guest appearance on author Nadia L King’s website, as part of her Writer Talks blog series — once again answering questions about Every Family is Different. To be honest, I never get tired of talking (or writing) about this book because it means so much to me.

In case you don’t know, Nadia is the author of one of the most important young adult novels published in Australia in recent years, Jenna’s Truth. Inspired by actual events, it is a disturbing, thought-provoking but ultimately hopeful portrayal of the potentially deadly perils faced by young people using social media. Nadia is now re-releasing Jenna’s Truth through Serenity Press, and she was a guest on my Shelf Aware series last year (you can read that post here). Nadia has now turned the tables and invited me to be a guest on her blog. You can read my answers to her smart, thoughtful and engaging questions here. 

Here’s a little taste of what I had to say when she interviewed me:

NLK (bonus question): Who is the most famous person you’ve interviewed?

ME: I’ve had the great pleasure of interviewing many famous people during my journalism career, including Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, national treasures Tom Keneally and the late, great Colleen McCullough, and international best-selling authors including Eric van Lustbader, Philippa Gregory, Isabel Allende, Monica McInerney and Lisa Genova. Colleen McCullough was a delight – we chatted for almost an hour-and-a-half, during which she brought tears to my eyes and I heard her whole-hearted barking laugh several times. Tom Keneally was a whip-smart interview subject, and utterly charming – as was his daughter, Meg, who is co-writing an historical fiction series with him.

And you can read the entire interview here.