I was born in Australia and, although Australia still hGas a huge piece of my heart, I regard myself as a citizen of the world. I’m currently living in the Republic of Ireland with my husband. My five children have now flown the nest and this is a new stage in my life.  Aside from writing and working full-time, we are renovating a quaint farmhouse. When I say ‘we’, I mean my husband is doing this renovation! 

​I have been writing since childhood, including horror stories, humour, and poetry, usually about life as I saw it then.  My life is still the inspiration for my writing.

​I have a background in journalism but only studied for the degree to ‘legitimise’ my writing. While studying for my Bachelor of Journalism, I was blessed to win the Literary Achievement Award for Excellence in Fiction from the Golden Key International Honour Society, for my fictionalised treatment of the September 11, 2001 tragedy in New York. That’s a bit of very creative journalism, there.