{"id":9898,"date":"2015-02-22T08:25:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T21:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=9898"},"modified":"2015-01-16T22:24:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T11:24:28","slug":"what-music-inspires-kateforsyth-inspirationalmusic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/what-music-inspires-kateforsyth-inspirationalmusic\/","title":{"rendered":"What Music Inspires @KateForsyth #InspirationalMusic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Who is Kate Forsyth?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kate-close-sml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9899\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kate-close-sml-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kate close sml\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kate-close-sml-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kate-close-sml.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Beasts-Garden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9900\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Beasts-Garden-195x300.png\" alt=\"The Beast's Garden\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Beasts-Garden-195x300.png 195w, http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/The-Beasts-Garden.png 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/em>Kate Forsyth is the award-winning author of more than thirty bestselling books, ranging from picture books to poetry to novels for both children and adults. These include <em>The Witches of Eileanan, Bitter Greens<\/em> (nominated for a Norma K. Hemming Award, the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Fiction, and a Ditmar Award) and her most recent historical novel <em>The Wild Girl<\/em>. She is the only author to win five Aurealis awards in a single year, for her <em>Chain of Charms<\/em> series. She was recently voted one of Australia&#8217;s Favourite 20 Novelists, and has been called &#8216;one of the finest writers of this generation&#8217;. Kate&#8217;s books have sold more than a million copies internationally, having been published in 17 countries.<\/p>\n<h3>Where can I read more about this fabulous author?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kateforsyth.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kateforsyth.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What music do they like?<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to Billie Holiday singing <em>Summertime<\/em> &#8211; one of my all time favourite songs and one I&#8217;ve been listening to over and over again while writing my current WiP, &#8216;The Beast&#8217;s Garden&#8217; which is a retelling of Beauty &amp; the Beast set in Berlin during World war II:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYUqbnk7tCY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-AU&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Kate Forsyth? Kate Forsyth is the award-winning author of more than thirty bestselling books, ranging from picture books to poetry to novels for both children and adults. These include The Witches of Eileanan, Bitter Greens (nominated for a Norma K. 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