I grew up in Melbourne, Bangkok and Albury.
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After training as a teacher, I worked in Perth, the hills of Nepal and downtown Tokyo.
Now I live on the south coast of WA with my daughter and an exuberant spotty dog.
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I love travelling and we're lucky to have family living in interesting parts of the world.
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In 2002, I walked the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea to research Shadows Walking (as yet unpublished). Photographs in the Mud was an unexpected outcome of this trip. Click here to find out more.
Every day I walk our dog through bushland or along the beach. I love swimming - at the beach or doing laps in a pool. When I swim, ideas often start appearing after the first 500 metres. When I have time, I really enjoy snorkelling and scuba diving.
The south coast is a wild, beautiful place. I love looking out for bush orchids and winter fungi as I walk. I also love watching pelicans, black cockatoos and scanning the beach for whales and dolphins.
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I have always been a bookworm and I think that has helped in my writing. I've kept some stories from primary school, but I didn't really begin writing seriously until I left school. My first book, Dolphin Song was published in 1995. Now I have 11 books in print with a couple more on the way. My books are about things that interest me; different cultures, the environment, friendship, being brave, turns in the road and taking chances. I like trying to explore things from different perspectives. Three of my books are written from more than one point of view: Dolphin Song, Choices and Photographs in the Mud. I read or write every day and can't imagine a world without books.