2026-08-09
30 分钟Hello and welcome to Meet the Writers.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
My guest today burst onto the literary scene as a teenager and never really asked for permission.
Born in Sydney, she left school early, busked in the streets, got into trouble with the police
and then, at just 17, co-wrote a novel that would become a cultural lightning rod.
Puberty Blues was a raw semi-autobiographical account of teenage girls navigating surf culture,
sexism and sexual politics in 1970s Australia.
It was banned, criticised, devoured and ultimately became a classic,
later adapted into both a film and a television series.
From there, she built a career that zigzags across continents and mediums.
Columnist, performer, television writer in Hollywood
and one of the most distinctive comic novelists writing about women's lives today.
She's sold over a million copies of her books.
She's written more than 20. Her latest novel, The Sisterhood Rules,
returns to one of her central themes, the complicated combustible bonds between women,
this time through estranged twin sisters forced back together after betrayal.
Cathy Lett, welcome to Meet the Writers.
What a lovely intro.
Well, it's so nice having you here.
Now, we know each other well.