Todd, Penelope (1958- ) spent her first thirty years in Christchurch, and now lives in Dunedin. She works freelance as a manuscript consultant and editor.
Dr Lance O'Sullivan is a GP based in Kaitaia, Northland. Born and raised in Auckland, he was educated at Hato Petera College before studying medicine at the University of Auckland. For his trail-blazing work in healthcare delivery, O'Sullivan has been acknowledged as a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader, Public Health Association Public Health Champion, Maori of the Year and, most recently, Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year. In 2014, he was also named the second-most trusted New Zealander by Readers Digest.
Hello fellow book-lover! The Telling Time is my debut novel and embraces all that I love myself in a book: a dash of historical learning; strong characters you don't want to leave behind; descriptions that transport; themes/issues that invite discussion; and a story that is hard to put down.
My travels through the former Yugoslavia informed The Telling Time but the connections I forged within the local Croatian community while researching immigrant stories were inspirational. The novel took me six years to write and along the way I completed a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland.
When The Telling Time first released in 2020 it spent 10 weeks on the top ten fiction charts. By visiting my website you can have the chance
Writing is one of those things that I have always done. I vividly remember spending most of an English exam writing a complicated adventure story as the answer to an exam question. I passed the exam, either because of, or despite the answer.
I tend to write the story that comes to mind, regardless of genre.
