At the moment I am reading …

Thrillers set in different cities   -      Robert B Parker; Charles McCarry, Paul Mann 

 

Which writers do you admire, and why? 

  

Too many to name  -   writers who use the English language with style, economy, accuracy and wit

What, or who, inspired you to write this book?   

 

Peter L Berger, the internationally renowned sociologist

My earliest memory …  

Reading Somerset Maugham's book On Human Bondage whilst studying for matric and having it in a drawer which could be closed when my parents walked into my room; reading Alan Paton's Cry the Beloved Country

What would you say is the most challenging part of writing?   

 

Everything -      what to say, how to say it  and not be a bore

What was the most enjoyable aspect of writing this book? 

  

Finishing it.........and all that i learnt along the way

My favourite guilty pleasure …  

 

Much too revealing

Is writing your full-time employment?  If not, what is your ‘day job’?   

I try and run a national policy think tank in South Africa which focuses on national development challenges

 

Which super-human power would you most like to have?  

 

All of them -   all knowing, all seeing, flying and being able to eat anything I liked without putting on weight

 

What was your favourite book as a child?  

 

 My two brother's books .............