Kirsty Manning
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
Author of The Lost Jewels.
Author I draw inspiration from: A.S. Byatt
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
Favorite place to read a book: Beside an open fire
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Lisbeth Salander because she'd know how to get us out of there!
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I wrote my memoir in grade 5!
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback, but audiobook for a road-trip
The last book I read: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
Pen & paper or computer: Both! Pen and paper for my noodling and notebooks, computer for actual work.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Circe
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
If I wasn’t an author, I’d be a: Book editor or journalist (I was both before becoming and author)
Favorite decade in fashion history: This one, because I get to wear it.
Place I’d most like to travel: Morocco
My signature drink: Negroni, or a French Chardonnay
Favorite artist: Christo
Number one on my bucket list: At the moment we are in full lockdown in Victoria, Australia, so I'm dreaming of a holiday! But I'll settle for dinner at a beautiful restaurant.
Anything else you'd like to add: The Lost Jewels is based on a true story. Did you know over 500 precious jewels and gemstones were dug up on in Cheapside, London, in 1912? The novel started when I asked: why would someone bury their jewels and never return?
Find more from the author:
@kirstymanningau (instagram)
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Author Bio: Kirsty Manning has degrees in literature and communications and worked as an editor and publishing manager in book publishing for over a decade. A country girl with wanderlust, her travels and studies have taken her through most of Europe, east and west coasts of the USA and pockets of Asia. She lives in Victoria, Australia.
Author Interview - Kirsty Manning
