Hi there

My debut novel By Her Hand will be released in Australia and New Zealand in March 2025 with HarperCollins Fourth Estate.

At its heart, By Her Hand is the story of a girl’s struggle to ensure her destiny is written by her hand. It is about wonder, sisterhood, the gatekeeping of story and of women’s bodies.

Imagine Robyn Cadwallader’s The Anchoress in the world of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. I hope fans of Maggie O’Farrell, Geraldine Brooks and Hannah Kent will also love this book. Pre-orders are now open at major book retailers.

A bit about me: All my life I have been a daydreamer and lover of slow reading. I was born in Melbourne, enjoyed a childhood on Magnetic Island in North Queensland and spent my teen years living in my family’s historic Ballarat home, which was open to the public. I worked at newspapers in Ballarat, Townsville, Manchester (UK), the Gold Coast and Melbourne, where I was national features and travel editor at mX for eight years.

After twenty years in journalism, I started writing the stories from my mind. I am drawn to stories with themes of belonging, striving, choice, women’s rage and the interaction between people and places.

Oh and I love hats!

Repped by Jacinta diMase Management.