Featured Interview With Rita Lee Chapman
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in the UK and moved to Australia in my early twenties. I wrote my first book when I retired from Sydney to Queensland. Missing in Egypt is a romantic travel mystery and is available as an e-book, paperback and large print edition.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started with Chicken Little when I was about six years old and wrote long essays in school. Over the years I started a couple of books but never finished them and my writing was mainly confined to business letters, reports and letters home to my mum.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have just discovered Brisbane author, Kate Morton and I’m in awe of her writing! I love her books as well as those of the late Bryce Courtenay. Other favourites are Fiona Walker and Colleen McCullough and I enjoy reading autobiographies.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Winston – A Horse’s Tale is for horse lovers from teenagers upwards. It is the book I had to write and it came easily to me. I wrote it in a couple of months.
Winston is a good-looking palomino horse whose life involves several different owners and many adventures. As you read his story, told by Winston himself, you will appreciate horse ownership from the horse’s point of view. Born on a country property in Australia, Winston tells of his breaking-in and education and the different people he encounters – good, bad and ignorant. As well as his own story, Winston includes the experiences of other horses he meets along life’s way.
Whether it’s jumping, eventing, hunting or just hacking, Winston tries hard to please his rider. Follow his successes and his failures from his breaking-in to his show jumping win. It is an eventful life – the story of one Australian horse out of thousands, but one that you will remember!
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