Vanessa Raphaely Author

Vanessa Raphaely started her career on London’s Fleet Street before returning to SA to become the multi-award-winning editor of Cosmopolitan and to run Associated Media. After 20 years, she left and launched The Village. She is the author of the novel, Plus One, and children’s books. Karin Schimke is an author, editor and writing coach. In her journalism years, she was a parenting columnist for Femina magazine and Parent24. She is the author of the weekly ‘Love Letter’ tracking her adventures in her post-parenting years.