About the Author

Stories of magic and mystery, faeries and fantasy - that's what I was raised on. And what I believe fuelled my passion for writing stories that (I hope) capture my readers' imagination and whisk you away to wonderfully whimsical places.

Dance with your Heart is my first book. An urban fantasy novel, the story is set in a fictitious Johannesburg ballet school, the prestigious SA Ballet Academy.

The story is inspired by my own experiences as a young dancer.

Like the characters in the SA Ballet Academy series, I also had dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer.

I studied the Cecchetti method as a child, reaching the advanced level, and danced for the Johannesburg Youth Ballet for two years between 1993 and 1994 where I danced in Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty.

I gave up ballet in Grade 11 (something I wish I had never done! Psst...if you're a dancer, don't give up!)

When not lost in thought dreaming up new plotlines involving sassy Gemma, marvellous Marley, determined Dineo, funnyman Mitch and dreamy Ethan, I run my own freelance writing and editing business from my home in the beautiful Garden Route region of South Africa.

I studied journalism and previously worked for Now Media and Systems Publishers as a journalist, and SABC Radio and Primedia Broadcasting as a current affairs radio producer.

I am married and live with my husband Miles, three sons Cayden, Cullum and Finn, and our crazy dogs Lola, Grayson and Moxie.