Stephanie Parkyn (Author/PhD Biological Sciences) - ALTBAYS Table Talk #257

Being a creative person is not the only thing that makes you a good writer! Stephanie Parkyn is a NZ best-selling author of three historical novels that have taken her to Europe, Australia, and the Pacific, exploring the stories of women who haven't been able to speak for themselves. Formerly a freshwater ecologist, an artist, and now a writer, she lives in an off-grid home in the bush in remote northern Coromandel. She comes to the ALTBAYS Table Talk to chat with Chloe Watts from Blueberry Co. and Leo Magri. Watch it here now!

Show 257 - Stephanie Parkyn (Author/PhD Biological Sciences)

Welcome to Altbays Table Talk (featuring Chloe Watts and Leo Magri)

Stephanie Parkyn has wanted to write fiction since she was a child growing up in a book-loving family in Christchurch, New Zealand. 

She is now the author of three historical fiction novels inspired by the desire to bring women's history and experiences into the spotlight. Her first novel 'Into the World' was published to wide acclaim in 2017 and longlisted for the Tasmania Book Prize of the Tasmanian Premier's Literary Awards.

Her bestselling second novel 'Josephine's Garden' told the story of the woman who became Empress of France. Her third novel 'The Freedom of Birds' completes this series of connected works with a backdrop of French history that began with the true story of a woman who disguised herself as a man on a journey around the world. 

Stephanie left a rewarding career as a freshwater ecologist to follow her dream of travelling, making art and storytelling. After ten years living and exploring in Australia, she now writes from her home in a bush-clad valley overlooking the sea on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.

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