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.

In September 2003, my one-act play, Stalemate, was performed by Harbour Theatre and went on to win ‘Best Original Play’ at the Bunbury One-Act Drama Festival.