Pagecast at the Kingsmead Book Fair: Sally Andrew

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Pagecast recorded live at the Kingsmead Book Fair, where Sally Andrew sat down with Faye Knight from Jonathan Ball Publishers to talk about the latest instalment in her beloved Tannie Maria mystery series, Wild Things Never Die.
In this episode, Sally shares what keeps drawing her back to Tannie Maria -- and what readers can expect from the fifth book in the series.

Sally Andrew is the best-selling author of the award-winning Tannie Maria mystery novels, which have been translated into fifteen languages and adapted into an international television series. She lives with her artist partner in a mud-brick house on a nature reserve in the Klein Karoo, and holds a master's in Adult Education from the University of Cape Town. A former social and environmental activist, she now writes, cooks, does Biofield Tuning, and is training to be a doowop girl.

The Tannie Maria series includes Recipes for Love and Murder, The Satanic Mechanic, Death on the Limpopo, and The Milk Tart Murders. Sally has also published a cookbook, Recipes to Live For. Wild Things Never Die is the fifth instalment in the series and is out now at all good bookstores.
5 Jun English South Africa Books · Society & Culture

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