Shaena Lambert on how Petra Kelly's post-war coming-of-age in Germany inspired her new novel Petra, Premier Andrew Furey, author of Hope in the Balance, takes The Next Chapter's version of the Proust Questionnaire, columnist Candy Palmater talks about three horror reads perfect for Halloween, Roz Nay on her sophomore psychological thriller Hurry Home and Sheena Kamal talks about the third instalment of her Nora Watts series No Going Back and debut YA novel Fight Like a Girl.