Nikki Gemmell is an internationally acclaimed author, most recently of After,  and a columnist with The Australian. She has written of Australia’s dry centre and the Antarctic, of sex and family bonds, of life in London and Lake Macquarie north of Sydney. Honesty and openness have been trademarks of Nikki Gemmell’s writing since she wrote…

Wake up on Saturday and reach for The Australian Weekend Magazine – then flip to Nikki Gemmell’s column. Nikki is famous for her lyrical honesty and for fearlessly saying those things other women think, but dare not say. In France she’s been described as a female Jack Kerouac, in Australia as one of the most…