My Africa Adventures

Me - Beverley - the safari hostess second from left with great friends, Chris, Alistair and Annie, in the Okavango Delta

I Fell in Love With a Bush Pilot in the Okavang...

I fell in love with a bush pilot in the Okavango Delta in 1992. Thirty-three years later, here's how that romance inspired my novel Whispers in the Kalahari—a story of...

I Fell in Love With a Bush Pilot in the Okavang...

I fell in love with a bush pilot in the Okavango Delta in 1992. Thirty-three years later, here's how that romance inspired my novel Whispers in the Kalahari—a story of...

Working in the Okavango in 1992

Working in the Okavango in 1992

When I was a young journalist on Adelaide's "The Advertiser", colour had just been introduced to the broadsheet shortly after I returned from my first visit to Botswana with my...

Working in the Okavango in 1992

When I was a young journalist on Adelaide's "The Advertiser", colour had just been introduced to the broadsheet shortly after I returned from my first visit to Botswana with my...

The 17-Year Journey of The Lesotho Diamond: Re-Branding My Book of the Heart

The 17-Year Journey of The Lesotho Diamond: Re-...

It's a strange and wonderful day. My novel, Diamond Mountain, is officially live... again. But this time, it has a new name, a new cover, and a new, true identity: The...

The 17-Year Journey of The Lesotho Diamond: Re-...

It's a strange and wonderful day. My novel, Diamond Mountain, is officially live... again. But this time, it has a new name, a new cover, and a new, true identity: The...

My Father's Diamonds: A Legacy of Danger in 1960s Lesotho

My Father's Diamonds: A Legacy of Danger in 196...

The real story of Lesotho's diamonds and my family's history in an Africa mountain kingdom on the cusp of Independence.

My Father's Diamonds: A Legacy of Danger in 196...

The real story of Lesotho's diamonds and my family's history in an Africa mountain kingdom on the cusp of Independence.

Writing Romance in the Wilderness: Why Africa Makes the Perfect Backdrop for High-Stakes Love

Writing Romance in the Wilderness: Why Africa M...

Romance doesn’t always arrive with candlelight and violin music. Sometimes it lands you—literally—in the middle of nowhere, with lions on the horizon and a pilot in khaki extending a hand....

Writing Romance in the Wilderness: Why Africa M...

Romance doesn’t always arrive with candlelight and violin music. Sometimes it lands you—literally—in the middle of nowhere, with lions on the horizon and a pilot in khaki extending a hand....

My Author's Note to Diamond Mountain

My Author's Note to Diamond Mountain

Born in Lesotho's mountains where my father served as District Commissioner, I spent years helping him document the very crimes that would later inspire Diamond Mountain. A glimpse into how...

My Author's Note to Diamond Mountain

Born in Lesotho's mountains where my father served as District Commissioner, I spent years helping him document the very crimes that would later inspire Diamond Mountain. A glimpse into how...