Pierre Van Rooyen

Faith and I have crossed the Indian Ocean three times under sail. Yes, I know we are totally bonkers, but that's how it is.

We have anchored in and back-packed through such snazzy places as Zanzibar, Mombassa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Archipelago, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Borneo and Philippines.

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Faith writes and illustrates our sailing adventures, to keep in touch with our wonderful son and daughter.

You can blame them for us wandering about the oceans. When they grew up, got married and left home, we left home too.

While Faith paints and updates our newsletters, I mess about writing novels featuring children.

Why the little ones? Well, they lead much more exciting lives than boring old adults, and as protagonists are great fun to work with.

Also, I admire fabulous female heroines.

In Saturdays Are Gold, Maudie comes on-screen at four years of age and gives us a wacky ride until she is eight.

In The Girl Who Tweaked Two Lions' Tails, Angelina is lost and abandoned for weeks in the African wilds and must find her own way home.

Readers seem to fall in love with both novels and I am hoping you do too.

Seeya,

Pierre