Meet the author Kyra Geddes
2024-08-28 18:30:00 2024-08-28 19:30:00 Australia/Sydney Meet the author Kyra Geddes Meet Kyra Geddes, author of The Story ThiefAbout the bookLillian was born in 1892, the same year Henry Lawson wrote... Australia Lauren Page lpage@hornsby.nsw.gov.au-
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Meet Kyra Geddes, author of The Story Thief
About the book
Lillian was born in 1892, the same year Henry Lawson wrote 'The Drover's Wife' and cemented his place in Australia's literary canon. When Lillian reads the short story as a teenager, she is convinced that it is based upon her own family and becomes determined to prove it. But as the years pass, the truth becomes more problematic, and Lillian must decide what is more important: holding onto the past or embracing the future.
The Story Thief is about mothers and daughters, love, loss and the power of words. Ultimately it is about how each of us must find our own way to live.
About the author
Born in Adelaide as the daughter of German immigrants, Kyra Geddes spent her infancy in the South Australian opal fields before moving to Sydney. Following a successful career in marketing, Kyra returned to university to study English and pursue her life-long dream of writing, publishing two short stories and earning the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence. The Story Thief is her debut novel, and the culmination of almost a decade of research and writing. When not at her desk, Kyra can often be found visiting one of Sydney’s many art galleries or daydreaming about future travel with her husband and two children.
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