Our Trailblazer conversations continue this week with legend Nalini Singh, whose groundbreaking paranormal series changed the game. We talk about the early days of her writing (when she was a kid!) about building her career in New Zealand, about how she came to publish in the US, about her beautiful relationships with readers, about the way she thinks about her series and how the stories hang together, and about her moves into contemporary and beyond.
New Zealand assets and constraints of the archipelago
The landscapes of New Zealand, which served as the setting for Lords of the Rings, are an asset for the development of tourism in the country. But it is agriculture (breeding, viticulture, etc.) that remains the strong point of the New Zealand economy.
Katherine Mansfield, 1916–17, photography taken by Lady Ottoline Morrell
Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world, and have been published in 25 languages.
Katherine Mansfield 1914. Alexander Turnbull Library, 1/4-017274-F.
Partners:
Maata Mahupuku
Edith Kathleen Bendall
Ida Constance Baker
Maata Mahupuku, also known as Martha Grace and Martha Asher (10 April 1890 – 15 January 1952), was the muse and lover of short-story writer Katherine Mansfield. Of Māori ancestry, descended from a New Zealand tribal leader, she identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. Via Wikipedia
Martha Grace aka Maata Mahupuku in a school photo in 1901