Born in 1962, Melbourne, Australia, the author has lived on a small
island in South East Queensland, Australia since 2007. She studied
and worked in Sweden for five years before returning to Australia
with her two sons. She worked in media and charity before
undertaking studies in social science and neuro-linguistic
programming, becoming a qualified councillor and international life
coach. She was awarded the Hazel Hawke Scholarship to study at
Curtin University and went on to work with primary school students,
mentoring and working primarily in areas of social skilling and
behaviour.
Inspired by her environment and her students, the author wrote the
first book of the Mangrove Sands series after retirement in 2018.
She self-published a book about her beloved canine, Sir Charles
Barkley, who died in 2020, donating the proceeds from sales to
WIRES animal rescue.
The author continues to write children's books at her peaceful
island home in South East Queensland.
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