Chanette Paul’s newest release, the continent and era spanning thriller Sacrificed was featured as the book of the week at the site Crime Thriller Hound, a site promoting “the best in crime and thriller fiction.” She was also invited to write a guest post for the site on her experiences of writing and place.
Some highlights:
On writing about Belgium:
Once I started writing, it dawned on me that I wasn’t so much a novelist attempting to set a story in a foreign European country, but rather a novelist from Africa writing from an African perspective.
On bridging the gap between South African and foreign readers:
The historic and political context needed clarification to an international audience without stunting the flow of the story –which is difficult enough – but I also had to avoid boring my South African readers.
On writing about her home:
I learned to look through intercontinental eyes and rediscover the mystery and uniqueness of the continent I live on and love.
Head over to Crime Thriller Hound to read her full essay