About me
the first story I ever wrote was about MY dad —
Dave—a one-legged vigneron and winemaker with a brutal humour, searing intelligence and penchant for schooners.
Since then, stories have been the thing that drives me: From repping my region at The Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Writer of the Year awards back in 1996; or Completing a Journalism degree at CSU Bathurst in 2001; to Devouring the annual Children’s Book Council of Australia shortlists as a primary Teacher Librarian since 2014.
In a previous life, I wrote for newspapers and magazines such as The Land, The Sydney Morning Herald, Virgin Blue’s VOYEUR, The South Coast Register, and Ralph, as well as demonstrating basic competence with a semicolon in my role as a sub-editor (before they sadly became extinct).
After relocating to the NSW South Coast, I gained an education degree and scored a ‘real job’ as a primary teacher, before stumbling on my dream gig in the library.
Today, when I’m not reading Australia’s best picturebooks to kids or dressing up for book parades at school, I am probably doing one of my favourite things: Having a lie down with a good book, learning to surf, walking the hound or practising the Dewey Decimal Rap.
