Deep in the Forest: Erina Reddan in-conversation

What lies behind the walls of the Sanctuary?

Charli Trenthan plans to leave her hometown of Stone Lake. But when she receives a cryptic message from a member of the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community nestled in the forest, she is determined to find answers.

A gruesome discovery soon lands Charli in hot water with the police, but how is the Sanctuary connected? As she digs deeper, dark secrets are uncovered and the fight to prove her innocence turns into a fight for her life.

A gripping thriller with a shocking conclusion that will leave you spellbound, Deep in the Forest raises questions about who we trust and why.

Erina Reddan has worked with words, ideas and stories all her life. She started out as a journalist, working in radio and television and was awarded the prestigious Walkley Award for her work as an ABC foreign correspondent. She has a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing (University of Technology Sydney) and a PhD in Creative Writing (La Trobe University) on girl warriors and ball gowns. She’s taught politics at the University of Melbourne and creative writing at LaTrobe University and Writers Victoria. Her family claims she can glamorise a handful of facts beyond recognition in the service of an entertaining story, sometimes at the expense of truth but always in favour of wonder.

Sarah Macdonald is currently the presenter for the Mornings program on ABC Radio Sydney. She was born in Crown Street Surry Hills, grew up in Sydney and studied Psychology at university. After a lot of travel Sarah won a cadetship at ABC Radio News and then worked as triple j's political correspondent in Canberra.  She lived in India for several years where her husband was working as an ABC foreign correspondent, and while there wrote the international bestseller Holy Cow about her experiences. Sarah currently co-presents The Full Catastrophe story-telling event and podcast with Rebeca Huntley and has a book out titled So You’re having a Teenager – the A to Z of Adolescence with Cathy Wilcox.