Author Dianne Yarwood is a Sydney-based writer with a background in accounting and corporate advisory work, who also loves to cook.

Her debut novel 'The Wakes' (Hachette Australia) was published in early March 2023. A tender, funny and heartfelt book about two failed marriages, two strangers who fall in love, friends who start a catering business and the four funerals that connect all these people together.

A life-affirming and uplifting book that will stay with you long after you’ve finished.

I was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with Dianne recently.