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In a dusty box of keepsakes, hidden at the back of my closet, is a faded, brittle sheet of red and blue lined primary school paper that reads:

 

"When I grow up, I am going to be a writer."

 

Even in first grade I knew what I wanted to do. 

 

All through school I wrote -- poetry, short stories, random bits and pieces of prose, and even plotted out several novels. After having my writing skill questioned by a senior English teacher, I gave up my dream of writing fiction and went the 'safe' route, straight into journalism.

 

It wasn't until I graduated with a degree in Journalism and moved to Australia to work as a Communication Director for a small publishing house, that I realized I was not doing something I enjoyed -- I had lost my path.

 

So I decided to chase my dream, despite the advice of my English teacher. I saved up every cent I could and bought myself a turquoise iMac and started to write. Any spare moment I had, I was writing. Page after page of words; none of which were ever seen by another living soul.

 

It took another 15 years, a PhD, multiple academic publications, a move back to the US, a husband, a child and getting out of academia, for me to realize it was time to get serious about writing fiction.

Writing

Thanks to my strange life-path, writing has always been a focal point in my day -- whether that was as a journalist, PR specialist, communication director, university professor or program analyst.

 

I spent 15 years teaching university, both in Australia and in the US. Most memorably I spent three years teaching Technical Writing, or as I described it: "Teaching engineering majors how to communicate with non-engineers."

 

Having escaped the academic ivory tower and the creativity stifling 'publish or perish' mentality, I am finally getting back to my first love -- fiction.

 

I am a geek who loves suspense, thrillers, fantasy and action. As a writer, Urban Fantasy allows me to meld my interests, while indulging the 'geeky philosophical' questions that keep me awake until the wee hours of the morning:

 

  • What if mortals were once magical, but have forgotten the power they once had?

  • What if mortal science is a remnant of their lost magic?

  • If myths, legends and folklore are based in 'truth', imagine if all mythical, legendary, fantastical and supernatural beings shared the mortal world.

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