NEW RELEASE
I Say Tomato - Katie Wall (2010)
Sunny Triggs is an Australian actress looking for her big break in Hollywood. Having left a broken relationship behind in Sydney, she spends her days chasing auditions, navigating the road system and doing yoga; her nights at bars and hanging out with friends from back home. Then she meets a potential co-star, Sam, who shows her the red carpet lifestyle. This may have a colourful cast of characters, some laughs through cross-cultural mix-ups and some tongue-in-cheek insider insights into the Hollywood scene. But if it showed up at an audition looking for a part as a "charming rom-com", I would have rejected it.
Australian actress Katie Wall has launched her first novel, I Say Tomato, about a young actress trying to make it in Hollywood. The summary says: Sunny, a young Australian actress, has recently arrived in Hollywood - having left heartbreak behind at home - and is still finding her feet. Soon enough, she's auditioning for parts, being swept off to the Sundance Film Festival and negotiating tricky cross-cultural misunderstandings. And all the time, she's trying to work out what - and who - is really important in her life." Wall has appeared in films such as Clubland and My Year Without Sex and TV series including Underbelly and Love My Way. Head to her publisher's website to download a sample chapter.