I was born in Liverpool in 1970 and immigrated to Australia November 1972. I proudly call myself Australian. I graduated Wanneroo Senior High School in 1987, having no real idea of what I wanted to be, just that I wanted to go to university. I entertained many different career options from vet, to lawyer and even foreign diplomat- though I didn’t have a second language. I always wanted to write, though Mum who agreed I should too, strongly encouraged me to “have something to fall back on”.

I completed my Bachelor of Arts at UWA in 1990 with a double major in English and Fine Art and a minor in History. I decided I wanted to travel, and having a teaching qualification would be useful, though I never wanted to be a teacher. In 1991 I completed my Diploma in Education at UWA.

From 1992- 1995 I was an English and Art teacher at Warwick SHS, and though it was difficult to interest some kids in reading, I loved being a teacher.

In 1996 I started teaching at John Forest SHS, but left during the year for the birth of my daughter Savannah and to travel through Europe. It was during this pregnancy I decided to start writing the novels I thought my students would have liked. I began my first manuscript With Vinegar and Brown Paper.

I went back to teaching part-time at Clarkson Community College, and I continued to try and get my manuscript published. The rejection process began and it was during this time I met some great people in publishing who encouraged me to continue writing.

I left Clarkson Community College just in time for the birth of my second daughter Willow. Now I was writing full-time, in between breast-feeding and nappy-changing. I began entering competitions and joined any writer’s association I could find. I wrote another three manuscripts in this time, (two YA and one adult). One of them was Destroying Avalon (originally titled A Person of Interest) which received attention from Janet Blagg at FACP, and became my first published novel.

I am currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Creative Writing at UWA under the supervision of Brenda Walker, I am working on my second piece of adult fiction.

I live on eleven acres with my partner Jason, our two daughters, two dogs, a cat and a rabbit.