Love the works of Hardy, Zola, Balzac, Proust, Kafka, Auster, Carey and other detail-a-holics. The processes of research, writing and précis have always been thrilling to me and that means I am open to any authors' works. (Yes, even some stinkers!) I have had a long career in film and television with productions ranging from current affairs, awards shows and spectaculars to comedy. My first solo publication (apart from some stories for magazines) was 'Kulture Vulture: Prize Pickings for Arts Practitioners' which was a manual for the Australian arts scene, chock ful more...