Verdict: carrot. We think this was actually an interview with Margie Orford, but it’s hard to say as the article is no longer online, being a victim of The Weekender’s closure. The snippet we have access to, though, is very carrot-y, so we’re filing it with the reviews.
Margie Orford, queen of South African crime thrillers, has cracked it.
Her third book in the Clare Hart series, Daddy’s Girl, has delivered the “ball-crushing fear” she aims for. It’s what her readers have come to expect.
This novel is the most gut- wrenching of the series and she believes the third one establishes her as a professional writer. Michael Connelly, the acclaimed thriller writer, says it takes 10 books before you truly arrive, but Orford’s short-circuiting that .
Like Clockwork, her first thriller, sold 85000 copies in six months in Germany. She’s been translated into seven languages and is selling in nine countries.
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November 13th, 2009 @10:21 #
It was an interview - which Margie's just posted on her blog:
http://margieorford.book.co.za/blog/2009/11/13/my-interview-with-sue-grant-marshall-in-the-weekender/