Books that changed me: Fiona McIntosh

Updated December 4 2014 - 10:08am, first published November 23 2014 - 12:15am
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin
Adventurer: Fiona McIntosh credits author Bryce Courtenay with inspiring her to travel and later to become a novelist. Photo: Anne Stropin

Fiona McIntosh was born in England, spent her childhood in West Africa and lives in Adelaide, but prefers to write in the solitude of southern Tasmania. After a career in the travel industry, she writes full-time. Nightingale, her 28th novel for adults, is published by Michael Joseph.