Vogue Living

OF LANGUAGE & LIGHT

The narrow pathway that leads to the Sydney home of celebrated Australian author Markus Zusak is discreet and low-key. There’s a palpable sense of discovery as the quiet side alley unfolds to reveal a tall front door. Through an elegant covered entry hall, a warm walnut timber kitchen glows with the afternoon light that spills from a window across a patinated brass countertop.

It’s here that Zusak, author of international bestselling novel — which in 2013 was adapted into a film starring Geoffrey Rush — likes to immerse himself. “I love sitting at my spot at the kitchen table

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