Ask the Author: Laraine Stephens
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Laraine Stephens
I go for a walk and letting my mind drift, the answer comes to me.
Laraine Stephens
Finding the right word.
Laraine Stephens
I'm working on the final draft of the second in the 'Reggie da Costa mysteries', entitled 'A Dose of Death'.
Laraine Stephens
I have always been interested in History and visited the battlefields of The Somme in 2004, where my grandfather fought during the Great War. Consequently, the effects of war, particularly shell shock and the loss of life, have interested me.
I also work as a volunteer guide at The Old Melbourne Gaol (Jail). In the cells are exhibited death masks of some of the 133 men and women who were executed there, including the infamous bushranger, Ned Kelly.
I found it fascinating that death masks were at one stage linked to the pseudo-science of phrenology, widely popularised in the 1800s, which claimed that a person’s character was determined by the shape, or contours, of the skull.
Family history and The Old Melbourne Gaol have certainly influenced my writing. Without it, 'The Death Mask Murders' would not exist.
I also work as a volunteer guide at The Old Melbourne Gaol (Jail). In the cells are exhibited death masks of some of the 133 men and women who were executed there, including the infamous bushranger, Ned Kelly.
I found it fascinating that death masks were at one stage linked to the pseudo-science of phrenology, widely popularised in the 1800s, which claimed that a person’s character was determined by the shape, or contours, of the skull.
Family history and The Old Melbourne Gaol have certainly influenced my writing. Without it, 'The Death Mask Murders' would not exist.
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