- Click here to return to the main author page MINETTE WALTERS The Shape of Snakes is Minette Walters' latest novel following on from 1998's international bestseller, The Breaker. Her books are familiar to audiences worldwide through television adaptions of the Scold's Bridle, The Echo and The Dark Room. Minette began her writing career as a sub-editor on the British Women's Weekly, then switched ...www.allen-unwin.com.au/authors/apWalter.asp