As the Moth hits Australian shores (and bookshelves),we publish an extract from its eponymous tale collection, told by an octogenarian crime writer whose life serves up an even bigger mystery than her booksThe Moth in Australia: not standup, and not self-wait on,just storytellingI was born on Martha’s Vineyard, and I come from a long line of Vineyarders. I spent many years off-island, or working as a boat captain,and then I returned to the Vineyard and came to live in West Tisbury with my mother, Dionis Coffin Riggs, and a poet. She and I opened a bed and breakfast catering to poets and writers.
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Source: theguardian.com