BOOKS BY/FEATURING ME
THE BOOK NINJA
The Book Ninja is a best-selling romantic comedy co-written by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus. It was published by Simon & Schuster Australia in June 2018, and has since been published in over ten countries around the world. It has also recently signed a film deal.
Synopsis
Sometimes love means having to broaden your literary horizons.
Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do.
It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She’s the queen of dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment.
Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams.
Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there’s just one problem – Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really.
A quirky and uplifting love letter to books, friendship and soulmates.
WHILE YOU WERE READING
While You Were Reading is a bestselling romantic comedy written by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus. It was published by Simon & Schuster Australia in July 2019, and has since been published all over the world.
Synopsis
Words are messy. Love is messier.
A hilarious, insightful new novel from the creators of Books on the Rail
Meet Beatrix Babbage – 29-year-old dog-earer of books and accidental destroyer of weddings.
After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fresh start, including meeting new people, living life to the fullest and finally pulling off balayage.
But after a few months, life is more stagnant than ever. Bea’s job is dead-end. Her romantic life? Non-existent. And her only friends are her books, her barista and her cleaning lady.
Then Bea stumbles across a second-hand novel, inscribed with notes. Besotted with the poetic inscriptions, Bea is determined to find the author ... and along the way, she finds herself entangled in one hell of a love quadrangle.
Funny, poignant and insightful, While You Were Reading reveals that there’s no such thing as perfection, the value of true friendship and, most importantly, the power of not living in fiction, but still reading it … Often.
A love story for book lovers that celebrates much more than romance.
THE RIGHT-BRAIN WORKOUT
In The Right-brain Workout by Russel Howcroft and Alex Wadelton, you’ll find 70 questions posed by some of Australia’s most creative people from the worlds of comedy, art, advertising, music, literature and photography. Ali’s question features on page 87!
Synopsis
Creativity has the power to transform.
To transform you, your mental state, your relationships, your work, and, yes, even the world.
In The Right-brain Workout, you’ll find 70 questions posed by some of Australia’s most creative people from the worlds of comedy, art, advertising, music, literature and photography. Questions that will probe, cajole, and challenge you to be more creative, every day.
You’ll rediscover the creativity that we all have inside of us when we were kids. Or you’ll enhance your already creative mind.
Plus, you’ll uncover weekly Right-brain Tips: simple things that you can do to stimulate your brain.
It’s the fun and energising exercise regime for your brain that you didn’t know you were looking for. And it just might help unlock the creative genius inside of you.