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Katherine Graham

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author: Roald Dahl

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May 2015


A journalist by training, Katherine writes regularly for a number of South African magazines. She has published four children's books, The Dummy Fairy, Alfonso the Tooth Mouse, The Poofiest Pong and Moonshine. The Lemon Tree, which was longlisted for the Golden Baobab Prize in 2014, has recently been published by Penguin Random Struik. She lives in possibly the world's most beautiful city, Cape Town, is married with two boys and a ginger cat, and loves peaceful, uninterrupted moments sipping tea and reading. ...more

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Katherine Graham Thankfully I come from a journalistic background where you get used to having to churn out stories every day, so I've never suffered from this problem…moreThankfully I come from a journalistic background where you get used to having to churn out stories every day, so I've never suffered from this problem. If I'm battling to put something in words, my approach is to rather write something mediocre and keep up the momentum, then come back later and fix it. I love reading other authors' work because then you see how they dealt with a particular scene and that gives you insight and fosters your own creativity.(less)
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A book launch to remember


Penny Dobbie, David Clarke, Cindie Ah Ling, Katherine Graham and Richard Clarke at the book launch


“I can’t believe you wrote a book. That’s amazing!”


This is often the response I get whenever I release a new book. And my reply is invariably, “Writing the book is easy. Getting it to print is hard.”


But here I am, after many books that I’ve self-published, and I’m still doing it. Why? Because

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