A childhood “running with horses” near Geraldine influenced Beth Fox’s first fictional novel, The Saffron Runners, which came third in the December Nielsen BookScan New Zealand Best seller list. So I was indeed born into a world where the horse was the heart of the family,” Fox said. She may publish her first manuscript after writing a sequel to Saffron Runners, she said. Without a horse they were vulnerable.”The Saffron Runners took more than three years to write and does not compromise on historical detail. ”Saffron Runners is a back story of fiction hung on history,” she said.

Source: Stuff February 15, 2021 00:33 UTC