Paullina Simons is the Russian-born American writer of hugely popular novels Tully, Red Leaves, Eleven Hours, The Bronze Horseman and Tatiana and Alexander. She will present her latest books The Tiger Catcher and A Beggar’s Kingdom, the first two of this trilogy. Originally from New Zealand but now living in Australia, Heather Morris wrote screenplays before adapting one of them into her first novel. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made Australia home.