Joanne Drayton has written biographies on Ngaio Marsh, Frances Hodgkins, Hudson & Halls, Rhona Hazard, Anne Perry and Edith Collier. Her memoir, The Queen’s Wife, provides a deeply personal account of her own unconventional love story, intertwining it with a personal whakapapa and the history of an heirloom chess set. In this masterclass Joanne will explore with participants how to turn what could be uncomfortable truthfulness into highly readable stories.