Sarah-Kate Lynch

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Coming Up... This photo has nothing to do with any of my books but is me on top of the Duomo in Florence, Italy, in July. I'm not casually leaning against that pillar, by the way, I am stuck to it with superglue. I have just walked up 463 steps and I do not like heights. My latest book has three different titles, depending on where it’s published. In New Zealand it is The House of Peine, in the UK it is House of Joy and in the US, where it just hit the shelves, it is House of Daughters. Oh, actually, I say it has three different titles but counting the foreign language editions, it has plenty more. I got the Dutch version in the mail the other day: it is called De Smaak Van Champagne. I don’t know what that means but I like it! I'm particularly excited about this book as researching it involved drinking my own bodyweight several times over in champagne. It's the story of three estranged sisters who inherit a champagne house when their cranky father dies and the obstacles they must overcome to ensure its survival for the next generation. The book has been optioned by a Hollywood film company, Fox Searchlight, which adds a bubble of excitement or two. It’s my third book to be optioned by a film company but I’ve learnt not to rush out and buy a tiara and a little something from Vera Wang to wear on the red carpet because being optioned is a long, long, long, long way away from being a film. Still, not as far away as not being optioned at all. I am currently putting the finishing touches to my next book, On Top Of Everything, but I won’t tell you too much about that because at this point in the proceedings a writer is apt to think: “What? I wrote this whole book about HER? But it should be about the guy who appears for one minute in page four and is never heard of again!” I think this is called being deeply neurotic and in need of a stern talking to and perhaps a smacked bottom. But I’m not sure. Far more interesting than any of that, though, I have just got back from five weeks in Italy. We drove from the western end of Sicily to Milan in the north and loved every minute of it. Well, nearly every minute. The bits where the Italian road sign putter-uppers had been "inconclusive" in their endeavours were not as enjoyable as the bits where you drank wine and ate pasta.

Selected Works Fiction House of Daughters US version of The House of Peine. Mathilde, Clementine and Sophie have nothing in common except the champagne that runs in their blood. But is that enough? The House of Peine Three estranged sisters battle it out among the vineyards of France when they inherit a failing Champagne House. Eating With The Angels Life turns sour for a high-falutin' restaurant critic when her romantic Venetian honeymoon turns into a nightmare. By Bread Alone “Witty, charming, faithfully passionate to its subject and emotionally adept. If only this book was a man.” -Sunday Star Times Blessed Are the Cheesemakers “In the spirit of Chocolat...a tender love story told through the medium of cheese.” -Publishers Weekly Finding Tom Connor “A cross between Bridget Jones’s Diary and Waking Ned Devine, this is a romantic and rollicking good read.” -Next Magazine Non-Fiction The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life A smorgasbord of columns from the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly’s favourite columnist. Short Stories Bosom Buddies A collection of entertaining, powerful & thought-provoking short stories by some of the finest contemporary writers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

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