Character Profile

• Name: Shiraz
• Age: 39
• General physical description: Sexy, flamboyant, beautiful, hot redhead
• Hometown: Cape Town
• Type of home/neighbourhood: Old money, Constantia.
• Relationship status: Married to Voigner, a open “modern” relationship
• Current family: Daughter – Summer's Lease
• Friends: Shiraz is very well known, naturally popular, the subject of and propagator of a lot of local gossip. She's fun loving and has many friends.
• Relationship with men: She likes Chenin.
• Relationship with women: Women consider her a threat.
• Job: She's a kept woman, never worked in her life
• Dress style: Flamboyant, latest fashion, opera gloves, hats and accessories, real 1940's Paris chic.
• Religion: A strange mix of half-truths “traditional” Christian but not practising and mixed with some new-age ideas.
• Attitude to religion: God is female.
• Favorite pastimes: Loves to be pampered, fashionista, parties.
• Favorite foods: Champagne, cocktails and caviar.
• Strongest positive personality trait: Likeable, naturally popular, fun loving, loves people.
• Strongest negative personality trait: Self centred, gossip queen, walks over people
• Sense of humor: Huge sense of humor, loves puns, picks up on anything and uses it to her advantage in a conversation.
• Temper: Controlled in good company, bites back with words, but expresses her anger in private.
• Consideration for others: Minimal.
• How other people see him/her:: Naturally liked, people want to like her and be liked in return because she has power, connections and money.
• Opinion of him/herself: She absolutely loves herself.
• Other traits, especially those to be brought out in story: Intrusive, a snoop, gossip queen.
• Ambitions: Experience the best of life.
• Philosophy of life: Hedonistic, pleasure seeking.
• Most important thing to know about this character: Intrusive.
• Will readers like or dislike this character, and why?: Some will like her, some will dislike her, she's not the type of person to care.