| I was born in Newcastle, Australia
and proceeded to move every few years until most of my friends thought
I was on a Witness Protection program. My itinerancy included three years
abroad, teaching English in Egypt and Poland.
I have been writing almost since
I could hold a crayon, but spent too many years working for financial institutions
as a bank teller. I have also been a playwright, songwriter, actress, editor,
public servant, kitchen hand and - once only - a very
bad telemarketer.
My first novel was the crime/thriller,
Fly By Night
(2004), which
was nominated for a Ned Kelly Award.
My 2005 novel, Witch Honour, published in the US by Five Star Science
Fiction, had been short-listed for the George Turner Prize for Science
Fiction and Fantasy in 1998. Its sequel, which was short listed for the
same award the following year, was published in 2007.
The Opposite of Life was released
in early 2008 and is the first of a proposed trilogy, which is still being
written.
Although now settled in Melbourne
with my husband and my cat, I continue to relieve itchy feet with regular
travel. I now split my time between full time work to pay the mortgage
and writing books.
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