Deb Hunt was born in England, where she worked as a librarian, event manager, PR executive, actress and journalist. She has worked with Shakespeare in the Park in London, Australian House & Garden magazine in Sydney and for five years as a writer with the Royal Flying Doctor Service. She has lived in France, Spain, Saudi Arabia, London, Broken Hill and a small village in Gloucestershire. In 2013 she self-published her first book, Dream Wheeler, which led to a commission from Pan Macmillan for two more books. Love in the Outback will be published by Pan Macmillan on 22 April 2014, to be followed by a book on farming families slated to be released at the end of 2014.