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Rugby writer-turned-author opens up about debut novel

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Sun, 2 Feb 2025, 1:27pm

Rugby writer-turned-author opens up about debut novel

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 2 Feb 2025, 1:27pm

Geoff Parkes is making his debut as a fiction author - but his CV highlights a long and varied career across multiple areas.

He's worked in abattoirs and wool sheds in New Zealand, he鈥檚 been a hay contractor, sold insurance and has been an executive of a Fortune 500 company in the medical industry. 

He's also made a name for himself as a rugby writer - and he's written his debut novel set in rural New Zealand, When the Deep Dark Bush Swallows You Whole.

"There's certainly elements of my experience - people, events, even little snatches of dialogue, things like that. They're dotted in the book, but by far, the majority of it is fictional...and that's really the process."

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