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Born: Established:
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa,
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Gender: Female
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1 Love Is a Yellow Dog Kathryn Lyster , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 240 2020; (p. 79-84)
1 When Are We Women Kathryn Lyster , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss: Volume Seven 2019;
1 Birth Canal i "Blood stripes", Kathryn Lyster , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Power : The Sydney University Student Anthology 2018 2018; (p. 85)
1 King Parrots i "a photo", Kathryn Lyster , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 78 no. 2 2018; (p. 134-136)
1 Fire i "Walls alive with", Kathryn Lyster , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry 2018; (p. 48-49)
1 Siren i "After the night -", Kathryn Lyster , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry 2018; (p. 47)
1 Midnight i "I went into the orchard", Kathryn Lyster , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry 2018; (p. 46)
1 Midnight, Siren, & Fire Kathryn Lyster , 2018 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry 2018; (p. 46-49)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Inevitability of Stars Kathryn Lyster , Chatswood : Harlequin Mills and Boon , 2013 6140752 2013 single work novel romance

'A modern-day Romeo and Juliet set amongst the beauty of Byron Bay and the grind of Sydney.

'Rip and Sahara have always been together. Primary school friends to high school lovers, their ties to each other are as intertwined and inescapable as the roots of the Byron Strangler Fig. But like that same tree, the tendrils of their love are beginning to stifle and choke, and soon, Sahara finds she must leave — moving to Sydney to pursue her career as an artist.

'In Sydney, Sahara draws the attention of Sean, a charismatic entrepreneur, and is quickly drawn into his expensive and glamorous world — so very different from the quiet, simple place of her youth. But even as she creates a new life, and a new version of herself, Sahara cannot seem to leave Rip behind.

'Back in the Byron hinterland, Rip moves to a working farm to recover from the wounds Sahara left. It's here that he begins to understand his past and reimagine his future. But as Rip rebuilds, Sahara unravels, losing herself in Sean's shiny, but meaningless world and plagued by visions of her previous life and lover.

'Heartbreaking and haunting, The Inevitability of Stars is a poignant novel about the burden of fate, the viscosity of reality and the resilience of love.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 Friday Kathryn Lyster , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: Making Tracks : UTS Writers' Anthology 2006 2006; (p. 67-72)
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