Listen "New Release Feature: Suzanne Leal, The Watchful Wife, with Meredith Jaffé"
Episode Synopsis
Guest host Meredith Jaffé interviews Suzanne Leal, author of the novels Running with Ivan, The Teacher's Secret, Border Street, and The Deceptions. A regular presenter at literary, corporate, community and school events, she is the former chair of the fiction and poetry panel for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards and is a board member of BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. From 2017 to 2019, she was the senior judge for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. A lawyer experienced in child protection, criminal law, and refugee law, Suzanne is a senior member of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal and former member of the Refugee Review Tribunal. She's the former chair of fiction and poetry panel for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards and a board director of the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival and online host of Thursday Book Club. In this episode Meredith and Suzanne chat about her new release, her writing process and writing for a variety of readers. Grab a cuppa and join Meredith and Suzanne on the Writes4Women Convo Couch. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Twitter: click here W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Suzanne Leal Website: click here Facebook: click here Twitter: click here Instagram: click here Meredith Jaffé Website : click here Facebook: click here Instagram: click here Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here Instagram: click here Turn Up the Tension online course: click here This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal land. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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