I’m a fantasy author living in Brisbane, Australia. I wrote Shadow Breaker, my first novel, because of my daughter’s fourth grade English teacher, who gave her class an assignment: write a 1–2-page fantasy story. How fun, I thought when my daughter told me about it—and I was whisked back to middle school, where I’d been a member of the school’s story club. I’d been wanting to read a good retelling of “Robin Hood,” but hadn’t been able to find one—so why not hark back to those story club days, and write it myself?
It took me four and a half years to finish Shadow Breaker, and I was thrilled when I finally did, but I knew this was just the beginning; I had more books in me, more stories waiting to be told. Of course, I was dismayed at the prospect of embarking on another project of similar duration—but then, miracle of miracles, a second idea came to me, and this time the book just flew from my fingers, and I finished it in six months (while also working full-time). Called Jack of Neath, it is my second novel, and it is a mash-up of two fairy tales: “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.”
Then I went on to complete my third book, a middle-grade story about a time-travelling wizard who lives in a lawnmower. That was a lot of fun!
Now I am working on my fourth book, a retelling of “Rapunzel.” Stay tuned!
None of my books have yet been published, but I am doing my best to get the attention of publishers and agents, and I won’t give up until I’ve succeeded! I’ve also written many short stories, and lots of poetry. Watch this space!
Update, 6 November 2025
My short story The Spell of Edrium has been accepted into the romantic fantasy anthology Of Love & Dragons by Flame Tree! This is due to come out in March 2026, the author list is here.
Update, 29 September 2025
My short story Welcome to the Fantasy Fair has just dropped as a podcast on Connor Reads Books on Spotify! You can find it here.
Update, 5 June 2025
My short story Second Skin has been accepted for publication in Graveside Press’s Witchcraft Anthology! This is due to be published in December 2026! 🧙♀️🧹
Update, 29 March 2025
My short story The Witch of Tarthus has been accepted for publication in Murderfish by WonderBird Press. This illustrated collection of stories will read like a worst-case-scenario aquatic bestiary, or an “Unhelpful Encyclopedia.” The Kickstarter campaign has now launched! You can check it out here.
PS The cover design for Murderfish looks great, and I’m so excited to see the illustrations!
Update, 17 February 2025
My short story Quantum Hermit has been accepted by Zooscape, and will be featured in an upcoming issue! You can find it here (it will be published in Issue 27). Yay!!
Update, 31 October 2024
My short story The Haunted Library won the 2024 Halloween Writing Contest hosted by The Furious Gazelle! You can read it here. I love Halloween! 🎃 And libraries!!
Update, 21 October 2024
My short story The Witch-light has been accepted by Of Metal and Magic Publishing, and will be published online in 2025!!
(Update on this: it’s August 2025, and The Witch-light has just been posted…here it is!)
Update, 21 June 2024
I am now a published author!! My short story Welcome to the Fantasy Fair has been accepted by The Pink Hydra magazine, and is featured in the August 2024 issue, available here.
Hurrah!!
