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Felicity Volk studied English literature and law at the University of Queensland before joining Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). After diplomatic postings in Bangladesh and Laos, and following the birth of her two daughters, she began writing for publication while continuing to work at DFAT. An award-winning writer of short stories, her first novel, Lightning, was described as 'astonishing ... a propensity of storytelling talent, a bolt of brilliance'. Felicity lives in Canberra, dividing her time between the world of foreign policy, writing, painting murals, tending the family menagerie and a forbearing garden and the gentle contemplations offered by a soothing pot of tea.
Deftly embroidered, the narrative is perfumed, with plants and flowers, signifiers of life, of love...a vivid and sometimes harrowing tale of yearning - The Weekend Australian accomplished and devastating - The Saturday Paper From the outset, the novel captures the attention of the eye and the mind with its exquisite sensory observation, its breathtakingly exact expressions of feelings and sensations. - Australian Book Review Desire Lines is an elegant novel. Volk shows sensitive insight into love and the human heart. She understands the flaws we all bear - Panorama, Canberra Times Deftly embroidered, the narrative is perfumed, with plants and flowers, signifiers of life, of love. - The Weekend Australian It is epic in scale, but also an unfolding love story that keeps the reader guessing until the very end - The Conversation
