Introducing myself

1944 was a fraught year in Australia. Thousands of people mourned their menfolk in the army, navy and airforce, many of whom did not make it home. In Europe and the South Pacific - Asia and the islands as well as Australia, troops from Australia, New Zealand and America fought for our future. It was a sad time to be born, but my mother - a single parent and an outcast at the time - managed to keep me for two years before I was stolen - as were so many children in Australia at that time- by the government. 

I was very fortunate to be adopted shortly afterwards and have a first class education, which eventually enabled me to write novels! My English teacher, a stern Scotswoman called Miss Young (Youngy) is the one person I would thank for giving me the tools to do this.

Currently, my husband Andrew and I live in southeast Queensland with our nine pet rats - yes, pet rats! We lost our 20yo cat, Fuss three weeks ago and are still in mourning.

Our three children are middle-aged now (OMG) and we have three grandchildren who are 17, 8 and 6. We would love to see more of them, but as the 17 yo is working and the little ones are at school in a city nearby, this is not as often as we would like. We do enjoy having them come out to our country town and stay for the weekend.

We do quite a bit of volunteering in our community and love to travel! Last year we spent a fair bit of the kids inheritance and spent 2 months in the USA, where we had a wonderful time. The people we met were lovely and friendly. My fellow authors whom I met online before we went were just wonderful and made us so very welcome.

Andrew originally came from the UK and we have had two trips back there. Just loved it!

My current crime novels are: THE NAKED ROOM and THE CELIBATE MOUSE - two standalone works featuring DSS Susan Prescott. I also have three short stories up on Amazon as well. My next book, AFTER ARIEL is to be published in November this year.

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