Quick-fire Q&A with TAMARA MCKINLEY

If I had to go back in time and choose another career…

I’d become an actress, singer and dancer in musical theatre.

My dream holiday destination…

Vanuatu (an island West of Fiji in the South Pacific) – just the sound of its name is enough to make me long to go.

If I were to be stranded on a desert island, my one luxury item would be…

Idris Alba, need I say more?

My most memorable meal…

Seafood lunch with champagne on Circular Quay in Sydney – heaven!

The last song I listened to… OR The first album I ever bought…

Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change is Gonna Come’. It sends shivers up my spine.

My guilty pleasure…

People watching! Preferably on the beach in the summer.

The item I have more of than anything else…

Shoes and books. No girl can have too many of either!

The thing I could never give up…

Writing – It’s as much a part of me as breathing.

The book (by another author) that I wish I had written…

Ken Follet’s trilogy, Century.

My favourite city in the world…

Paris, Rome, Venice, Brisbane – I love them all!

Tamara McKinley’s new book ECHOES FROM AFAR is out on 28th January, and is a powerful story of love and loss set against the backdrop of Bohemian Paris, war-torn Spain and chaotic London. Find out more from Tamara and her internationally bestselling books here.

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