Journalist, biker and carpenter Claire Robertson is already working on her second novel after The Spiral House, writes Penny Haw CLAIRE Robertson began her career as a reporter on the Pretoria News in 1981. Since then, she has worked for The Star, Sunday Times, Business Day and The Washington Post. She was editor of current affairs at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) when Allister Sparks was at its helm, wrote for various magazines, edited a book on the social history of Johannesburg and even produced reality TV shows.DetailsTITLE: The Spiral HouseAUTHOR: Claire RobertsonPUBLISHER: Random House StruikIn 1986, she was the first reporter (for The Star) on the scene of the plane crash that killed then president Samora Machel of Mozambique."That was more to do with logistics, a good news editor and luck," she says. "The low animal cunning had to do with getting the story out to my paper from that remote hillside bristling with soldiers in an era before cellphones and e-...
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