Could the Phryne Fisher books ever earn you the kind of money that Phryne herself has?
(Laughs) No. I have to write three books a year to make a reasonable living out of writing, unless of course, she gets a major American film deal. Phryne has been optioned since the very first book, but to make a historical TV movie it costs $30,000 a day extra for the historical detail to be correct, so most people aren’t doing it. But most of the locations in the Phryne books are still there, like the Block Arcade. I’ve always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time. I had a new dress, it was spring and we walked up Collins Street underneath the chestnuts and had orange crush at an outside table in one of those beautiful little cafes with wrought iron tables. = 4) { b = 1; } else if (name == ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer’ && ver >= 4) { b = 2; } else { b = 0; } if (b == 1) { var toolkit = java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); var size = toolkit.getScreenSize(); width = self.innerWidth; if (width >=
