I’ve done a quite a few things such as start a festival, be elected for local government, purchase over 8 million dollars’ worth of computers and plant 6000 trees. Writing a novel is my latest passion.

I was born in Burnie, Tasmania and moved to mainland Australia for university and a project management career. I studied biochemistry and information technology. Nathan and I lived in Perth for a year, Canberra for ten years and Melbourne for four years before, grandparents and the wild outdoors attracted us back home. We made adventurous plans and after the birth of our daughter Emma, settled on a 60ha farm to grow hazelnuts. When our son, Simon was born I left professional work to manage the farm, build a processing facility and market the nuts we produced as Tamar Valley Hazelnuts. I was elected three times to the West Tamar Council. After ten years of happy memories, hard work and a great community we decided to try something new and have been living in Penguin for a few years now. I look forward to catching up with cousins who live nearby, kayaking in the ocean we can see from our house and building a resilient community through volunteering at the local orchard collective.

Burnt is my first novel, but as it isn’t making any money, I’m working for the Health Department capturing requirements for digital solutions.