Who was the inspiration for Sam?

When I was eight, my family came back to Australia after three years in Nepal, and I found it very hard to adjust to life in Australia.After two terms at Chadstone Park Primary School in grades 3 and 4, I started at Clayton North Primary School in the middle of grade...

Swallow Me, NOW! – ebook now available

Today has been an exciting day. This morning, I woke to the news that Swallow Me, NOW! was now available in ebook form on Amazon. I can’t explain how excited I was to see it there – a book with my name on it as author. It may seem strange as I’m a...

Happy Birthday to Me!

It’s my birthday today. I was greeted at 6am with 10 year old Mr Z coming into my room to wish me happy birthday, followed a short while later with a request to play on his tablet! Mr N greeted me with a cuddle and then headed back to bed. Today will be fairly...
What was the inspiration for Green Oaks Primary School?

What was the inspiration for Green Oaks Primary School?

Most of Swallow Me, NOW! is set at the fictional Green Oaks Primary School, a school that would be in the fictional suburb of Green Oaks in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The front of the school was based on the school my kids were attending at the time I...

Where did you come up with the idea for Swallow Me, NOW! ?

Over the next few weeks, my regular Q&A posts will be all about my new book, Swallow Me, NOW! We are aiming for a launch at the end of October. You can pre-order your copy here. Swallow Me, NOW! started out as a snippet in the middle of the story. In 2012, I wrote...