All About the Author
I grew up on a dairy farm outside a small town called Goomeri in South-East Queensland, and as the youngest of four, I followed my siblings into more adventures than I can remember.
On my fifth birthday, I started school. The school had one classroom, one teacher, and I learned to write on a slate. In the lunch hour, the whole school would play together - Red Rover or Rounders, which was a game like softball.
On my fifth birthday, I started school. The school had one classroom, one teacher, and I learned to write on a slate. In the lunch hour, the whole school would play together - Red Rover or Rounders, which was a game like softball.
Me as a baby.
That's my big sister beside me. |
The day I started school.
I'm the littlest on the right. |
1961: our whole school.
I'm in the front 2nd from the left. |
After going to boarding school in Brisbane for high school, I studied to be a teacher and moved around Queensland, teaching in many different primary and preschools. Working in classrooms has given me lots of ideas for my stories.
In 2011, my first book, The Ruby Bottle, won the IP Picks Junior Prose Competition and was published the following year. Then my second book, Granny Rags, came first in the same competition in 2012, and was released in 2013.
Although I no longer teach, I still enjoy going into classrooms, talking to children and encouraging them to write, and read. And if I'm not writing, I like reading or listening to audiobooks, catching up with friends over a coffee, quilting, or crocheting rugs for charity.
I live in the northern suburbs of Brisbane with my husband, Alistair, and our spoilt cat, Kelsey. Our two sons have left home, but sometimes they come back and stay with us for a while.
In 2011, my first book, The Ruby Bottle, won the IP Picks Junior Prose Competition and was published the following year. Then my second book, Granny Rags, came first in the same competition in 2012, and was released in 2013.
Although I no longer teach, I still enjoy going into classrooms, talking to children and encouraging them to write, and read. And if I'm not writing, I like reading or listening to audiobooks, catching up with friends over a coffee, quilting, or crocheting rugs for charity.
I live in the northern suburbs of Brisbane with my husband, Alistair, and our spoilt cat, Kelsey. Our two sons have left home, but sometimes they come back and stay with us for a while.
Kelsey, our cat.
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