| 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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