[why she chose to write
The Butterfly Tree (2017) about a young boy] Part of me thinks that maybe in my essence, my soul is actually male. It might sound a bit weird, but I grew up on a cattle station in Australia and was surrounded by a lot of men and I was always a tomboy, so ... I relate very well to men. I don't specifically choose "Oh, this character definitely has to be female or definitely has to be male," it just sort of develops out of what feels organically right for the story. [2017]