Tara, the Canadian-born author of successful crime novels Fetish, Split and Siren among others, was attacked while walking on Sydney’s busy Market Street just after midday. She tweeted a warning in the hope that others might avoid the man.
“Was just hit by a man in the street. He’s on Market St in dark clothing headed toward Hyde Park. Slim/white. Beware. Suspect drug affected,” Tara wrote on Twitter.
The mother of one – a daughter, Sapphira, to her husband, Australian poet and philosopher Dr Berndt Sellheim – then tweeted a series of updates before reporting the incident to police.
“I’m bruising up but fine. Random attack. Police are looking for him. In the meantime be careful in Hyde Park/CBD area,” she tweeted about a half hour after her warning.
Have spoken to police who will patrol the area – he fits the desc of a known perp. In the meantime be careful in Hyde Park, CBD area, folks.
Tara recently described being the victim of a serious assault at the hands of a serial offender when she was a young model in her native Canada in her non-fiction memoir, The Fictional Woman.
