Hi and welcome. I love writing entertaining books for children about Australia’s unique biodiversity and environment. I've trained as a marine biologist, aquatic ecologist, zoologist, science communicator, and author. My goal as a children’s author is to help kids get excited about, know about, and care for, Australian wildlife and their habitats.

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I create fiction and nonfiction books - Picture, Middle Grade and YA.  I've been inspired by Master Classes with the late, great Bryce Courtney, and with the incredible Fiona McIntosh. I’m thrilled my first nonfiction book, Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks (2016) won three prestigious awards, including the CBCA Eve Pownall Information Book of the Year, in 2017. 

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My second nonfiction book, Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish (2020) was shortlisted for the 2021 CBCA Eve Pownall and Wilderness Society awards, and won a Whitley award for Threatened Species Conservation for children, and the ACT Notable Award for Children's big press 2022. Spider Wars, released in 2024, blends fiction and facts, and showcases the tiny dazzling Peacock Spiders and their arch-rivals the Wolf Spiders

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My latest picture book, Blossom Possum and the Gumnut Man, is illustrated by the fantabulous Nandina Vines and hits the shelves in early November 2025. The launch is on 9 November at Canberra's infamous Book Cow (all welcome). This new Blossom Possum adventure is sure to delight, amuse and surprise, with maybe a bit of tongue-twisting thrown in!

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