The latest novel from best-selling author Charlotte Grimshaw is part psychological thriller and part family saga, examining themes of shame, addiction, truth and the stories we tell to survive.
The Black Monk is Charlotte's twelfth book - the previous eleven all critically acclaimed. She is a winner of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award and her 2021 memoir The Mirror Book, confronting life growing up in one of New Zealand's best-known literary families, was shortlisted for the Ockhams.
Charlotte speaks to Susie about the inspiration behind her work.
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