Four books that changed S.D. Wasley

Sasha Wasley was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. She lives in the Swan Valley wine region with her two daughters. She writes commercial fiction, crossover new adult/YA mysteries and paranormal. S.D. Wasley’s debut novel, The Seventh, was published in January 2015. Her debut rural romance is Dear Banjo.

One of four books that changed Wasley, as shared at the Sydney Morning Herald:

MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Miles Franklin

I grew up on a literary sweet-tooth's diet of sentimental historical fiction such as What Katy Did, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables. So you can imagine my astonishment – and enlightenment – when I read a book in which the girl, by her own choice, did NOT end up with the hero. Plus, it was Australian! This book inspired plenty of feverish, late-night scribblings, and took my writing in an entirely new direction.

Read about the other books on the list.

My Brilliant Career is among Stephen Taylor's top ten books about women in the British empire, Cal Flyn's ten top books about the Australian bush, and Janet Manley's six most widely read Australian classics for teens.

--Marshal Zeringue