Madeleine St. John

The Women In Black (1994)

Possibly I came to the book with too-high expectations, as several friends had raved about it, but Madeleine St John’s opus never really captured my imagination. The novel has a forward by Bruce Beresford, who studied with St John, and his contribution seems apt – the novel reads like a film trea...

A Stairway to Paradise (1999)

A Pure Clear Light (1996)

"She had one of those dark mezzo-soprano voices, the colour of mahogany" It is these seemingly simple statements that capture the essence of a person that continually bring me back to the writing of Madeleine St. John. She is becoming one of my favourite authors and I so glad that I came across h...