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Good Reading : November 2010
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STEPHEN DAISLEY talks to LIZZIE RILEY about Traitor, his debut novel that tells of the friendship between a New Zealand soldier and a Turkish doctor in World War I. author profile Stephen Daisley, author of Traitor, is an intriguing man, an ideal combination of life experience and scholarly knowledge. At 55, Stephen has lived a quiet life, yet paradoxically it brims with a richness that many people would envy. A father of five, he has played many roles: infantryman, truck driver, bartender, shepherd and author. And perhaps it's this motley range of experiences that makes Stephen such an engaging man to talk to. One moment he's describing life as a market stall- owner and the next he's quoting authors such as Joseph Campbell, the renowned scholar of myth and religion. An expatriate New Zealander, Stephen moved with his family to Australia in search of education and better opportunities. 'Like a lot of New Zealanders, we came here as sort of economic refugees,' Stephen says. 'There were more educational opportunities for me and for the children.' Stephen served in the infantry battalion of the New Zealand ar my for five years, and was stationed in Singapore for two of those years. Cross-trained as a medic, he saw graphic training films and came to the conclusion the army wasn't for him. 'I started to realise what men 22 goodreading ı NOVEMBER 2010 A roundabout path to writing
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