February FOWL Author Talk Victoria Knox
Tuesday 18th February 10:00am - 12:00pm
Categories: Featured event
ABOUT THE BOOKS
Author Victoria Knox will talk about her books and what inspired them. Using real historical events, she entwines fact and fiction to create nail-biting spy stories and thrillers set during WWII and The Cold War.
The Clement Wisdom Series is set during World War Two, featuring the Reverend Clement Wisdom, a rural vicar who becomes embroiled in the covert world of the Secret Intelligence Service. With the backdrop of the top-secret Auxiliary Units which were formed in anticipation of a Nazi invasion of Britain, the story is one of betrayal and murder. The following two books see Clement in the north of Scotland and Cambridgeshire where secret networks of spies are infiltrating the nation. Books four and five are set in Australia and the South Pacific where Clement leads a team to rescue a code breaker from Singapore and uncovers a nest of sympathisers who are passing information to the Japanese.
Neither Despise Nor Fear is the first in a new Cold War era series set in Britain, Scandinavia and the USSR in the 1960s. Recruited at a young age into Mi5, Alistair Quinn becomes the scapegoat in a high stakes mission of deception, treachery and death where no one can be trusted.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victoria trained as a primary teacher then as a nurse, specialising in burns care. While working in the health industry, she studied singing at the NSW Conservatorium of Music and went on to work with the Australian, Spanish and NSW Opera companies.
Coming into writing later in life has meant her varied life experiences, coupled with a love of history, have had a strong influence on her writing. She is a #1 Best Seller on Amazon, a Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review Author, a Gold Medal winner and a twice Silver Medal winner in the Global Book Awards for 2023 and 2024. She was interviewed by the BBC in England, London Radio and also by Dan Snow for History Hit.
When the newly refurbished Australian War Memorial re-opens this year, her Clement Wisdom series will be for sale in the War Memorial Shop.
Victoria has two children and four grandchildren and lives in the Southern Highlands.
Victoria’s books will be available for sale and signing
Date : Tuesday 18 February 2025
Time : 10.00am - 11.00am, with morning tea to follow
Place : Henrietta Rose Room, Old Town Hall, Bowral Library 16-24 Bendooley Street, Bowral 2576
Cost : $15 members + booking fee, $20 non-members + booking fee.
Bookings are made online through Eventbrite with credit or debit card only.