Author Charlotte Grimshaw talks to Linda Herrick about the strangely familiar characters in her new novel, growing up with her famous father, C.K. Stead, and how a dog named Philip has changed her.
Award winning writer Charlotte Grimshaw on the release of her new novel Starlight Peninsula. Photo / Nick Reed
Award winning writer Charlotte Grimshaw on the release of her new novel Starlight Peninsula. Photo / Nick Reed
Last month, Auckland writer Charlotte Grimshaw took part in an Auckland Writers Festival session called "Ways To Change The World". The panel included eminent American surgeon and writer Atul Gawande, who specialises in end-of-life care.

 Grimshaw was feeling terrible. She should have been in hospital: the thyroid gland in her throat was swollen and felt "on fire", but she'd put off the surgery until after the festival. "I was almost tempted to say, 'Atul, you know how you're a surgeon ...'," she laughs.
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