If you want an autographed copy of the paperback version of eloves me, eloves me not, just send me an email at autograph@lajohannesson.com

Also, you can request an autographed e-book version of eloves me, eloves me not too (isn’t technology wonderful) at authorgraph - you’ll see here that many authors are using this service.

So, if it’s an autographed version you’re after, there are a couple of options for you!

(And, yes, that’s me, yep, right there with 50 Shades of everything! Perhaps it’s Shades of things to come (watch that’ll probably be her next title, but you read it here first). Move over EL, LA’s on your tail!)

Bryce Courtenay’s book has now closed. He died yesterday in Canberra, at 79.

He has left a legacy of inspirational work, an incredible cast of characters and a global reader community that has been entertained and inspired by his work for decades.

This year will be our last to receive a new Christmas present from Australia’s premiere novelist, so we will cherish it and its messages.

The Sydney Morning Herald  obituary is touching and it also contains link for readers and fans to share their tributes.

Mr. Courtenay, thank you for your gifts, your imagination, your inspiration and your capacity for sharing them all so willingly.

Personally, your message about reinventing yourself in Australia has brought tears of familiarity and promise to this emerging author’s eyes.

My little darlings have arrived. I may just have to cuddle each and every one of them!

Okay, now it’s real.