Swapping medicine for writing

Sarah Powell is an emerging Wellington author. At 23, she's just written her first book Alyssa:Welcome to New York a young adult dystopian adventure novel set in New York, the first in series. It's a story she's been itching to tell since she first came up with the idea with a group of friends in high school. But she put it on the backburner, in favour of pursuing a career in medicine, and following in the footsteps of her parents. But in her third year of medical school she realised she'd made a mistake - and she had a book to write. Sarah Powell joins Kathryn in the Wellington studio.