AUTHOR BIO:
Liza grew up in
Wollongong, Australia, where she worked as a nurse and midwife for fifteen
years. When she met her French husband on a Bangkok bus, she moved to France,
where she has been living with her husband and three children for twenty years.
She works part-time as a French-English medical translator, and a novelist.
Several of her short
stories have won awards, notably the Writers Bureau annual competition of 2004
and her stories have been published widely in anthologies and small press
magazines. Her articles on French culture and tradition have been published in
international magazines such as France Magazine and France Today.
She has completed four
novels and one short-story collection, and is represented by Judith Murdoch of
the Judith Murdoch Literary Agency.
Spirit of Lost Angels, the first in the
historical L’Auberge des Anges series was published under the Triskele Books label in May, 2012. The
second in the series –– Wolfsangel ––
was published in October, 2013, and Liza is working on the third novel in the
series –– Midwife Héloïse – Blood Rose
Angel –– set during the 14th century Black Plague years.
Liza is a co-founder and
member of Triskele Books, an independent writers’
collective with a commitment to quality and a strong sense of place.
Contact and Other Information
Website: www.lizaperrat.com
Twitter: @LizaPerrat
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liza.perrat.5
Twitter:
@TriskeleBooks
Thanks Liza
for sparing out your valuable time and enriching your readers and fans with an
insight about your work and life J
Your real name
and pen name?
My
real name and pen name are one and the same.
Please share
some of the best memories of your childhood
Weeks
and weeks of sun-filled days on the Australian beaches. I didn’t know how lucky
I was!
About your
education
After
high school I trained as a general nurse and then as a midwife. I worked in
these fields for 15 years, before moving to France. My qualifications were not
recognized here, so I returned to university and did a degree in French, and I now
work part-time as a medical translator, and as a novelist.
What career did
you plan during your education days?
Physical
education teacher.
What languages
you can speak and write?
French
and English.
What hurts you
most in this world?
Oh
that’s a hard one, as there are so many things. Abuse of humans and animals is
the first that comes to mind though.
What is the
biggest challenge you have faced? Were you able to overcome it? How?
Moving
to a new country with young children, where I didn’t speak the language. I
suppose I overcame that by learning the language and trying to adapt to the
French way of life.
What is your
favorite genre and why?
I
don’t have a favourite, but I enjoy a lot of historical fiction, crime and
literary too.
What is the
purpose of your writing?
That’s
a hard one! I’ve never thought about its purpose. Writing is just something I
have to do, but I don’t really know why.
Which of your
works are published so far? Would you like to share a synopsis of your work?
Spirit of Lost Angels, the first in my
historical series –– L’Auberge des Anges –– was published in May 2012, and
follows the struggles of a peasant woman against the corrupt aristocracy,
during the French Revolution. Here is the Amazon
link to the book.
The
second book in this series, Wolfsangel,
follows the same family, the same farmhouse, L’Auberge des Anges (The Inn of
Angels), 150 years later, when the village comes under the heel of the German
occupation in WWII. Amazon link to the book.
Both
books were published under the Triskele
Books label, an independent writers’ collective with a commitment to
quality and a strong sense of place.
What are your
forthcoming writings?
I am currently working on the third,
and final novel in L’Auberge des Anges series, Midwife Héloïse – Blood Rose Angel, which is set in the same French
village of Lucie-sur-Vionne, and explores the same family, during the Black
Plague years of the 14th century.
What are your
future plans?
No
plans as yet.
Your origin of
birth and other countries you have visited/ stayed.
I
was born, and grew up, in various places in the eastern part of Australia. I
left Australia 20 years ago and have been living in rural France ever since.
Your favorite
time of the day?
Dawn
in spring or autumn, because of the ghostly light.
Your favorite
color and why?
Green,
but I have no idea why.
Your favorite
book and why?
I
have so many favourite books, it would take a whole book to list them!
Your favorite
celebrity and why?
I
don’t like any celebrities, because I hate anything to do with “star gazing”.
Your favorite
food?
Dark
mint-flavoured chocolate.
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