Raised in Western Australia Anna developed a love for fiction at an early age and began writing short stories in high school. Drawn to dark tales, Anna enjoys writing thrillers with strong female characters. When she’s not writing, Anna enjoys reading, travelling and spending time with her husband and two children. Author Website Lucy Hush …
Richard Samulis was born in outback Quorn, South Australia and raised in Adelaide. He moved to the UK and worked in the IT industry. Moving back to Australia he embarked on an architecture degree. But it was writing that always held his heart and that is where his focus now lies. Author Website Stand AloneAn …
Kellie McCourt has worked as a national and international television anchor, scriptwriter, producer and reporter. Kellie is also an experienced print journalist and magazine editor. She has a double BA in Journalism and Creative Writing from Curtin University, studied journalism in SE Asia and completed a postgrad scholarship program at UNSW. Author Website Indigo Series …
Before becoming a full-time writer Sandi has worked as a banker, paralegal, cabinetmaker, office manager, executive assistant, personal trainer and journalist. Sandi has won a host of prizes for her short crime fiction, including Scarlet Stiletto Awards and she was a finalist in the international open competition 2012 Cutthroat Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest. She …
Phillipa Nefri Clark lives in country Victoria with her husband and two sons and black labrador. She works a dual role in marketing and retail in the family’s pet supplies business and produces copy as well as serving customers. Her published work includes many non-fiction expert pieces about dogs. Phillipa is a member of Romance …
Elizabeth worked for over twenty years in the publishing industry before moving into tertiary education to teach editing, scriptwriting and literature to postgraduate students. She is the co-author of The Australian Editing Handbook, and completed a PhD in 2001 entitled Celluloid Dreaming: Cultural Myths and Landscape in Australian Film 1970-1990. Now retired from teaching, she …
Loraine Peck started her career as a portrait painter and magician’s assistant in Sydney. She has since dealt blackjack on the Gold Coast and then moved to the US where she had a sales job in the movie industry. She then returned to Australia and worked in marketing. Consumed by a desire to write crime …
Beth Prentice was born in Manchester, England, but after moving backwards and forwards across the world 13 times in 14 years she decided that at the age of 18 that Australia was to be her home. She now lives on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Killer Unleashed, her GHP debut novel, received a bronze …
Poppy lives in Brisbane, Queensland, with her husband, three children and two cats. She has worked as a journalist, editor and book reviewer and journalism/creative writing teacher. her first two books have both been set in Tasmania. Stand AloneBay of Fires (2013)Vanishing Falls (2020)
Rowena Holloway is an Australian writer of novels and short stories. Before settling on writing as a career, Rowena apprenticed as a hairdresser, played at receptionist in an engineering firm, indulged her love of learning by obtaining a handful of degrees, including a PhD in business, and was a tenured university lecturer. Author Website Fractured …
