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An Extremely Brief Overview:
I've always loved to read. I began pinching my Mum's Mills & Boons (from the teetering pile by her bed) at the age of fourteen, and cannot remember a time in my life when I was without a romance novel. From the classics (Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is my alltime favourite - because it makes me laugh) to the contemporary (Crossstich by Diana Gabaldon, or anything by Janet Evanovich, or... okay let's not go there!) I love them all.
I began writing in 2005. Exhausted, pregnant (sure I was going to expire from morning-sickness) and coping with a demanding toddler, I decided the time was right to embark on a writing career. (In hindsight I may have been suffering from a scorching case of sleep-deprivation).
Still, it kinda worked out. My debut novel - and the first manuscript I had ever written - Running Scared, was published by Samhain Publishing in January 2007.
My next book, Secret Intentions by also published by Samhain in 2009.
And I had a short story published in the Mammoth Book of Special Ops Romance (MBSOR) in 2010 - its called The Grey Man.
You can find information and excerpts from these books by clicking on the menu heading above.
My next book, Secret Intentions by also published by Samhain in 2009.
And I had a short story published in the Mammoth Book of Special Ops Romance (MBSOR) in 2010 - its called The Grey Man.
You can find information and excerpts from these books by clicking on the menu heading above.
Facts About ME that you simply have to know:
- When I first took myself backpacking in Europe (at the tender age of 17) I was such a young innocent thing that I assumed the scantily clad young ladies hanging about in doorways near her hostel were waiting for a lift home. (They were hookers)
- I'm ambidexterous. I can do almost everything left and right handed, except for write - which I do left handed. (It comes in handy)
- I was born in England and moved to Australia in 1983. (I love them both - but I'm sorry UK, the Aussie rugby team owns my heart)
- I hate shopping, and am bored by shoes. My husband loves shopping and shoes. (We are a perfect match).
- Televisions unexpectedly turn themselves on in my presence. (Seriously, its freaky)
- I love to travel by train. (I often don't feel that way about my travelling companions though)
- I love to garden and have a huge vegetable patch - I grow awesome tomatoes - even though I loathe them and never eat them. (Because they are so round and red and sexy, mmmm)
- I can speak, read and write Chinese. Many years ago (1998) I spent three months on a language exchange in Kunming, Yunnan. I was once locked out of my apartment complex, and was caught scaling the fence by the local police. (It ended well - and there are a lot of photos of me looking slightly stressed adorning a police station somewhere)
- I once wanted to be a chef. I studied cooking for a summer at the Cordon Bleu cookery school in London. One of the other students was from Montana, he fell madly in love with me and begged me to go back to the States and live on his ranch. (I said no - but I've always wondered what if??)
