Sarah-Kate Lynch
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House of Daughters I spent six weeks in Champagne finding out how champagne is made and why that one doesn't taste like that one. Or does it? Hang on, perhaps I had better try it again. No it is different. Or is it? Just one more go. More different this time. Or less? Not sure. You get the drift. During my travels I was lucky enough to be a guest of Veuve Cliquot, Moet & Chandon and even wangled a lunch out of Remy Krug at Krug Champagne. However, my favourite discovery was the House of Tarlant, a small boutique champagne house, much more like my fictional House of Peine, because it is all run by one family and they grow all their own grapes. The Tarlants now sell my book from their winery near Epernay so I am assuming I got everything right. All though of course they speak French and the book is written in English. Sarah-Kate Lynch spent nearly 20 years as a journalist before realising that making things up was much more fun than trying hard not to. When she is not writing novels, she works as a cardio-thoracic surgeon or safari gamekeeper, depending on her mood. Both have outfits that suit her complexion although the safari one really needs a tan. She is five foot three and a natural blonde who can eat anything she wants and piles of it without putting on so much as an ounce. Yes, even deep fried cheese. If she knew where Namibia was, she might go there and adopt an orphan. Especially if Brad Pitt was going to help raise it. This may make her sound shallow but actually she is very deep and intellectual and, um, used to bite her nails but doesn't any more. |
Selected WorksFiction
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. |
