I grew up on a cattle property of 47,000 acres in Central Queensland,  Australia.  As a child I loved horses, books and the bush.  Not a lot has changed although I have also grown to appreciate the finer things in life, especially dining out!

My husband and I now have a cattle and grain farming operation close to where I grew up.  We have two grown children. My daughter and her husband have presented us with two beautiful granddaughters. Our son is a qualified boilermaker but he and his wife live on our adjoining property and help run the farm.

Many years ago I published a historical romance with a local setting. Having a family interrupted the flow and I didn’t  get back to writing seriously until my children were older.  I finally sold an historical novel, The Cornstalk, and its sequel, A Hidden Legacy, to a small US publisher. The Cornstalk was a finalist in the Booksellers’ Best Award in 2008. I edited and re-released these two books with new covers and new titles, now Colonial Daughter and Colonial Legacy.

My rural romance, Breakaway Creek, was a finalist in the QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Award and was published in May 2013 by Clan Destine Press. It is available in paperback and ebook.

My writers’ group published three books of short stories, Boots At The Door, A Taste Of Fear and Pot Luck: Stories of the Central Highlands. I had several short stories and a couple of poems included in these anthologies.

In 2008 I helped compile a book to commemorate my home town’s 125th anniversary. I’m also one of a group of volunteers who once a month put together a newsletter of the happenings around our town.
In between farm duties, volunteer work and writing, I also enjoy patchwork and general sewing. I regularly attend a craft group which meets weekly.