From the author's website: I was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1956 where I grew up and have lived all my life. I graduated high school, attended a business college and have been either a typist or secretary for all my working life, taking a seven year break 1987 to 1994 while my kids grew from babies to school kids. Venturing once again out into the workforce, I have spent the last 16 years working for a psychiatrist which, in my opinion, gave me a lot of insight into my own mental state. I hadn't really considered taking up writing until 5 years ago, when I was encouraged by friends in an online chatroom to try my hand at writing some short stories. I practiced my skills with online fan fiction, primarily Xena fan fiction, leading to an opportunity to submit a manuscript to Blue Feather Books at the end of 2007. And the rest, they say, is history.