Jess writes paranormal sci-fi romance, the first of which, titled A'albiel - Her Guardian Angel will be coming out sometime in the near future with Noble Romance Publishing. She also writes straight sci-fi romance, and is trying to sell a manuscript (working title Atrophy) to an agent as we speak.
You can find her at her website and her blog.
Maree Anderson writes romance of the paranormal persuasion and she’s currently published with Red Sage Publishing. She's a Kiwi - a New Zealander - and she's addicted to “researching” (AKA reading romance). Then there’s chocolate - the darker the better. Not to mention coffee. And the occasional glass of excellent NZ or Australian wine. She's not quite so addicted to her local gym, but she's working on it ;-) She has an extremely understanding husband, two very patient kids, and one perpetually hungry cat that nibbles the tops off the cheese buns left out on the kitchen counter. Feel free to drop by her website and leave a comment, or chat with her via Facebook or Twitter - she'd love to hear from you!
Keri ArthurKeri Arthur, author of the New York Times bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series, has now written more than 25 books. She's received several nominations in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards and recently won RT's Career Achievement Award for Urban Fantasy. She lives with her daughter in Melbourne, Australia.
Amanda Ashby was born in Australia, has spent eight years in England and currently lives in New Zealand. When she's not moving country, she also likes to write books (okay, she also likes to eat chocolate, watch television and sit around doing not much, but let's just keep that amongst ourselves, shall we?)
She has a degree in English and Journalism from the University of Queensland and is married with two children. As well as writing, she works part-time at the children/teen desk of her local library, which basically means that someone pays her to talk about books. Her debut book, You Had Me at Halo was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award, and her current book Zombie Queen of Newbury High was listed by the New York Public Library's Stuff for the Teen Age 2010 as well as being nominated for the YALSA popular paperback 2011.
Christina Ashcroft
Christina Ashcroft is an ex-pat Brit who now lives in Western Australia with her husband and three children. She is owned by three cats who graciously allow her the occasional spare moment to write hot paranormal romance about fallen archangels and the women who capture their hearts. ARCHANGEL OF MERCY, the first book in her new series, is slated for release by Berkley Heat in December 2012. For more details please check out her website.
Christina loves hearing from readers and you can catch up with her on Twitter and on Facebook.
Rhyll Biest
Like the creepy Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, I’m trying to transform myself. Since I’m a little squeamish about skinning, I’ve instead opted to transform myself from a weasel word-sproutin’, passive sentence-luvin’ government hack into a paranormal romance writer happy to sit down at the computer and wait for the keyboard to sprout hair. I’m a genre ‘swinger’, also dabbling in erotic romance, but would consider a long-term committed relationship with an alpha hero sporting suitably long fangs.
A reject from the world of academia since my PhD scholarship ended and no one would keep paying me to write made-up stuff, I live in hope of recapturing the lost paradise of writing in my jammies all day long. When not writing articles about horse gizzards for work, reading craft books or hoovering the web, I actually get some fiction written, and my first published work will appear in Dangerous Places—Dangerous Men in April 2012.
When Jodie isn’t reading a sexy romance or diagnosing herself with bipolar or ADD she loves to straddle her office chair and put her fingers to the keyboard. She may only be a newbie writer but her overactive imagination has her continuously scribbling down story ideas and witty one liners to use for her next work in progress.
Angela Castle
I am a full time mother and part time writer. I live in a small country town in Victoria Australia. I have been writing ever since I learned to read, and almost endlessly drifting off into the fantasy world of my imagination.Thankfully, I have a great group of supporting writer friends; a husband and three; currently small children who help keep me grounded.
When I’m not day dreaming of creating new worlds for my stories or madly typing away on my laptop. I have plenty to keep me busy on the home front.
I welcome feedback from my readers so please feel free to drop me a line at:
angelacastleleros@yahoo.com
Website: www.angelacastle.net
Swirling mists, dangerous heroes and damsels in distress˜Astrid has been writing speculative romance since she could hold a pencil and her own life sometimes reads like a fantasy novel. Her motto of dare to be different (and Star Trek) are to blame! She has met Hollywood stars, movie producers, an Apollo astronaut as well as run many fan groups, conventions and published over 150 fanzines.
Writing professionally since 1998, her work regularly hits best-selling lists. When not writing and reading, she organises writing workshops and conferences and edits freelance and makes medieval/fantasy costumes and accessories, and rescues animals from abuse or neglect.
Please visit her website.
Rowena Cory Daniells
Rowena Cory Daniells has been involved in Speculative Fiction for over thirty years -- as a reader and fan, independent press, graphic artist, bookshop owner and writer.
Her award winning fantasy trilogy The Last T’En was published in Australia, the US and Germany. She also writes short stories, which have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Dreaming Downunder which won World Best Fantasy, and Dreaming Again.
With her latest trilogy King Rolen’s Kin, Rowena set out to write the kind of book that you curl up with on a Saturday afternoon after a hard week. She has sold a new fantasy trilogy, which will be released in 2011.
You can find her on the web at her blog and her website.
Peta Crake
Peta Crake grew up in a small town on the south coast of Western Australia, where the concept of fairies residing in the thick bushland was perfectly realistic. After spending nearly a decade living in Japan, where mythological creatures still play a large part in everyday life and customs, she turned her hand to writing. The questions “what if?” and “why not?” are constantly on her mind. Now living back in Australia with a husband, two kids, a cuddle-addicted cat, and a thoroughly confused dog, she writes speculative fiction full of kick-ass heroines, surprising heroes and disturbed side-kicks.
Louise Cusack
Louise Cusack is an International award winning fantasy author whose best-selling Shadow through Time trilogy was selected by the Doubleday book club as their ‘Editors Choice’. This series is now available as eBooks, published by Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint Momentum Books.
In 2006 Louise presented the Queensland government’s Queensland Writing Showcase in New York, and in 2009 she was invited to attended the prestigious Crossover multi-media think tank sponsored by the South Australian Film Commission.
Louise also runs her own business Writers: Working with Louise Cusack and has completed over 150 manuscript assessments and tutored more than 80 writing workshops. You can find her on her website , facebook , twitter and goodreads .
Michelle de Rooy
I write science fiction and fantasy. I spend far too much time day dreaming about my heroes; whether elf, human or hot starship pilot. And dreaming of ways my heroine can bring them to their knees!
A member of RWA, RWA (Oz) and RWNZ, I am a place-getter in the Australian Emerald Award, the New Zealand Clendon Award in which I also won the Reader's Choice Award, and the Strictly Single.
Living in rural Queensland is fantastic fuel for the imagination, my husband and children dragging me away to provide the 'me' time in the real world.
Jessica Dorney
I write Paranormal Romance with Sci-Fi elements. My current WIP is inspired by the amazing but equally shocking treatments endured by people in the name of science. My daily inspiration comes from the simple need to create a world that reality won't permit but my mind tells me it should. I am a competition virgin and won't be popping that cherry until I conquer the scary world of grammar. My favorite authors are Keri Arthur, Nalini Singh, Erica Hayes, Larissa Ione and Maggie Shayne.
Alexis Fleming
Thirty-eight moves in thirty-nine years have taught Alexis Fleming to make friends where she can and what better way than through the voices in her mind. Alexis’ world is peopled with interesting characters and exciting possibilities that come to life in each and every book she writes. Her first love has always been romance, whether on this world or the next. Hot, sizzling relationships with a dash of comedy and a few trials and tribulations thrown in to test her characters.
Alexis lives in the delightful beach community of Hervey Bay in Queensland where a walk on the beach is often accompanied by a sighting of the many whales that come to visit her little corner of the world.
Alexis believes you can never have too many friends and loves to hear from her readers.
You can visit with Alexis at www.alexisfleming.net , or join her newsletter group groups.yahoo.com/group/AlexisFlemingandFriends.
S E Gilchrist
Suzanne lives and works in the beautiful Hunter Valley of NSW. She has been a member of the RWAus for around five years and actively contributes to the association through her role on the RWAus web team.
Rowena Cory Daniells has been involved in Speculative Fiction for over thirty years -- as a reader and fan, independent press, graphic artist, bookshop owner and writer.
Her award winning fantasy trilogy The Last T’En was published in Australia, the US and Germany. She also writes short stories, which have appeared in magazines and anthologies including Dreaming Downunder which won World Best Fantasy, and Dreaming Again.
With her latest trilogy King Rolen’s Kin, Rowena set out to write the kind of book that you curl up with on a Saturday afternoon after a hard week. She has sold a new fantasy trilogy, which will be released in 2011.
You can find her on the web at her blog and her website.
Peta Crake
Peta Crake grew up in a small town on the south coast of Western Australia, where the concept of fairies residing in the thick bushland was perfectly realistic. After spending nearly a decade living in Japan, where mythological creatures still play a large part in everyday life and customs, she turned her hand to writing. The questions “what if?” and “why not?” are constantly on her mind. Now living back in Australia with a husband, two kids, a cuddle-addicted cat, and a thoroughly confused dog, she writes speculative fiction full of kick-ass heroines, surprising heroes and disturbed side-kicks.
Louise Cusack is an International award winning fantasy author whose best-selling Shadow through Time trilogy was selected by the Doubleday book club as their ‘Editors Choice’. This series is now available as eBooks, published by Pan Macmillan’s digital imprint Momentum Books.
In 2006 Louise presented the Queensland government’s Queensland Writing Showcase in New York, and in 2009 she was invited to attended the prestigious Crossover multi-media think tank sponsored by the South Australian Film Commission.
Louise also runs her own business Writers: Working with Louise Cusack and has completed over 150 manuscript assessments and tutored more than 80 writing workshops. You can find her on her website , facebook , twitter and goodreads .
I write science fiction and fantasy. I spend far too much time day dreaming about my heroes; whether elf, human or hot starship pilot. And dreaming of ways my heroine can bring them to their knees!
A member of RWA, RWA (Oz) and RWNZ, I am a place-getter in the Australian Emerald Award, the New Zealand Clendon Award in which I also won the Reader's Choice Award, and the Strictly Single.
Living in rural Queensland is fantastic fuel for the imagination, my husband and children dragging me away to provide the 'me' time in the real world.
I write Paranormal Romance with Sci-Fi elements. My current WIP is inspired by the amazing but equally shocking treatments endured by people in the name of science. My daily inspiration comes from the simple need to create a world that reality won't permit but my mind tells me it should. I am a competition virgin and won't be popping that cherry until I conquer the scary world of grammar. My favorite authors are Keri Arthur, Nalini Singh, Erica Hayes, Larissa Ione and Maggie Shayne.
Thirty-eight moves in thirty-nine years have taught Alexis Fleming to make friends where she can and what better way than through the voices in her mind. Alexis’ world is peopled with interesting characters and exciting possibilities that come to life in each and every book she writes. Her first love has always been romance, whether on this world or the next. Hot, sizzling relationships with a dash of comedy and a few trials and tribulations thrown in to test her characters.
Alexis lives in the delightful beach community of Hervey Bay in Queensland where a walk on the beach is often accompanied by a sighting of the many whales that come to visit her little corner of the world.
Alexis believes you can never have too many friends and loves to hear from her readers.
You can visit with Alexis at www.alexisfleming.net , or join her newsletter group groups.yahoo.com/group/AlexisFlemingandFriends.
S E Gilchrist
As a writer, her passion lies in the romance genres of sci fi/futuristic, post-apocalyptic/dystopian, fantasy, paranormal and time travel worlds. She loves to combine romance with adventure and strives to give her protagonists goals worth fighting and even, dying, for.
Her interests are her family, friends, writing, painting, bushwalking, nature and animals. It is rare that you will find her on her blog or facebook pages, as any spare time she manages to snag, Suzanne is busy dreaming up and writing new stories.
Cass lives in regional Queensland and has resumed writing (started with over the top romances at 15) after pursuing a never outgrown love of horses and a long stint in the advertising industry. She studied literature and communication at Uni and has been an avid reader/daydreamer since childhood.
She's now put her daydreaming and long winded story telling to good use; sparing relatives, friends and random strangers the pain of listening to her. Deciding that creating her own characters would help her overcome her frustration with heroes and heroines who didn't do what she thought they should, she has since found out that her own characters also don't do what she thinks they should.
Her current wip is about vampires and most of her ideas, which tend to pop up at the most inconvenient times (dinner with the in laws) have also been on the Dark Side - so she did the sensible thing and joined the RWA. Here she found other like minded people who don't think she's crazy for not being able to reassure her children that werewolves, vampires et al, don't really exist.
You can read about the bad behaviour of Cass' characters on her blog.
I write young adult romance with a paranormal bent. My real passion lies with historical, so this is often interwoven into my novels which makes the cross genres quite a bit. I am represented by Julia Churchill of The Greenhouse Literary Agency. I'm a member of the fabulous Romance Writers of Australia and blog at http://wendygoddingauthor.blogspot.com
Fiona Gregory, a Queensland based writer, is exploring the universe one futuristic romance at a time. Fiona has had her stories published in the last two Little Gems - Pearl and Topaz. You can find her weekly blog post - Fiona's Wednesday Words of Wisdom - at the Bootcampers 101 blog, Bootcamper Writing Drills.
Kylie Griffin’s addiction to all things paranormal/fantasy & futuristic started at an early age when she used to imagine the jacaranda tree in her front yard was a spaceship or castle tower used to defend the world from hordes of invading enemies. Writing stories seemed a natural extension to her childhood adventures.
By day she’s a primary school teacher sharing her love for the written word with young children but in her spare time she writes and is a volunteer in the bushfire brigade, State Emergency Service and Community First Responder, helping in emergency call outs, floods, storms, search & rescue and road crash in and around her local community.
Kylie lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia. Her Light Blade fantasy romance series will be her debut into the world of publishing. You can find out more about her at her website or blog.
By day she’s a primary school teacher sharing her love for the written word with young children but in her spare time she writes and is a volunteer in the bushfire brigade, State Emergency Service and Community First Responder, helping in emergency call outs, floods, storms, search & rescue and road crash in and around her local community.
Kylie lives in a small rural village in outback New South Wales, Australia. Her Light Blade fantasy romance series will be her debut into the world of publishing. You can find out more about her at her website or blog.
Sandra Harris
Her day job as a document designer lends helpful expertise to her RWA volunteer position. Her education in science (astronomy) lends helpful insight into her story-lines.
She, her husband and dog live in south east Queensland, near enough to the bay to enjoy inspirational trips on the water whenever weather permits, which turns out to be pretty often.
Erica Hayes
Erica lives in Newcastle, Australia, and writes the Shadowfae Chronicles, a dark urban fantasy/romance series for St martin’s Press.
You can catch up with her on: Twitter @ericahayes, Facebook, Website
She, her husband and dog live in south east Queensland, near enough to the bay to enjoy inspirational trips on the water whenever weather permits, which turns out to be pretty often.
Erica Hayes
Erica lives in Newcastle, Australia, and writes the Shadowfae Chronicles, a dark urban fantasy/romance series for St martin’s Press.
You can catch up with her on: Twitter @ericahayes, Facebook, Website
Shona Husk
A civil designer by day and an author by night, Shona Husk lives in Australia at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Blessed with a lively imagination she spent most of her childhood making up stories. As an adult she discovered romance novels and hasn’t looked back. Drawing on history and myth, she writes about heroes who are armed and dangerous but have a heart of gold—sometimes literally.
With stories ranging from sensual to scorching, she is published with Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing, Carina Press and Sourcebooks. You can find out more at http://www.shonahusk.com
Linda Jones writes paranormal and romantic suspense. Born in South Africa, she cherishes her African roots but also considers Australia home, is a proliferous writer and researcher and also loves to talk about the craft of writing. She has been targeting Nocturne, is currently working on a futuristic novel set in Melbourne and South Africa and hopes to sell her completed story, Dancing with Shadows sometime soon.
Loretta is a member and volunteer of the Romance Writers of Australia.
Eleni writes Fantasy and Paranormal fiction. She had been published in short stories in the past, and after a break has returned to the short form, with flash fiction stories being published online.
Eleni is a member of Romance Writer's of Australia where she is part of Team Hearts Talk, the Online Services team, and is the co-moderator of the RWAus Paranormal e-group. She is the webmistress for SARA and the Dark Side DownUnder.
You can find her at the following - Website, Blog, Book blog, Twitter.
Emmeline writes sexy paranormal romance and reads everything romantic. She's a member of SARA and RWA, and Dark Side Down Under. In the past, she's judged the Romantic Book of the Year for RWA and the Heart of Denver's Molly. Currently, she's targeting Silhouette Nocturne Bites in New York.
A born and bred Adelaide Hills-ite, she dragged her prospective husband to her hometown years ago, and they live there now on a small farm with their three angelic children. She does suffer from delusion on occasion--but since it's about the kids, or mutating dust, or the voices in her head--she's ignoring it.
Bec McMastersWhen not writing, reading, or poring over travel brochures, she loves spending time with her very own hero or daydreaming about new worlds.
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Nicole Murphy has been a primary school teacher, bookstore owner, journalist and checkout chick. She grew up reading Tolkien, Lewis and Le Guin; spent her twenties discovering Quick, Lindsay and Deveraux and lives her love of science fiction and fantasy through her involvement with the Conflux science fiction conventions.
Her urban fantasy trilogy Dream of Asarlai is published in Australia/NZ by HarperVoyager. Book one Secret Ones is out now. She lives with her husband in Queanbeyan, NSW.
Visit Nicole at her website.
Janni Nell
After growing up in a beachside suburb of Sydney, Australia, Janni Nell travelled overseas, working in the UK before returning to Sydney, where she now lives.
Janni began writing in her late teens. She won prizes for short story but her dream was to publish a novel. Carina Press fulfilled that dream when Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator was published in June 2010. The second book in the series, South of Salem, was released in June 2011. Coming 2012: book three, Island of Secrets. Also in 2012: The Allegra Fairweather novella, Dance of Flames will be released in the anthology Carina Press Presents: Editor’s Choice Volume II (available 4th June 2012).
Janni’s work represents the lighter side of the dark side. Her goal is to write more books featuring Allegra and her drop-dead gorgeous guardian angel, Casper. When Janni isn’t writing, you can find her line dancing or working in her vegetable garden.
After growing up in a beachside suburb of Sydney, Australia, Janni Nell travelled overseas, working in the UK before returning to Sydney, where she now lives.
Janni began writing in her late teens. She won prizes for short story but her dream was to publish a novel. Carina Press fulfilled that dream when Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator was published in June 2010. The second book in the series, South of Salem, was released in June 2011. Coming 2012: book three, Island of Secrets. Also in 2012: The Allegra Fairweather novella, Dance of Flames will be released in the anthology Carina Press Presents: Editor’s Choice Volume II (available 4th June 2012).
Janni’s work represents the lighter side of the dark side. Her goal is to write more books featuring Allegra and her drop-dead gorgeous guardian angel, Casper. When Janni isn’t writing, you can find her line dancing or working in her vegetable garden.
Imogene NixA mother of two, compulsive reader and bookstore owner. I live in regional Queensland, Australia with my husband, 2 daughters, dog, cats, guinea pigs and chooks. I do have a particular fondness for Vampires, Star Ship captains and things that go
"bump in the night".
Previously a teacher I am now is firmly entrenched in the wonders of what is "out there" and am addicted to the writing of Linnea Sinclair and Anne MacCaffrey among others.
My current obessions are Nathan Fillion in his escapades as Mal from Firefly and working on a SciFi Romance Trilogy - The Warriors of the Elector.
You can find Imogene at her website and her blog.
Tracey O’Hara made her publishing debut in 2009 with the release of her Eos Books urban fantasy novel NIGHT’S COLD KISS which went on to be short listed for the Aurealis for Best Horror novel for 2009 and won the RWA 2010 Romantic Book of the Year – Romantic Elements. Tracey grew up reading Stephen King, Raymond E. Feist, and J.R.R. Tolkien, where she developed her taste for adventure and the paranormal thriller. When she's not writing, reading, or listening to heavy metal, she spends time with her husband, two sons, and two cats.
Christina Phillips has always loved writing, and while her efforts in eighth grade usually involved space ships, time travel and unfortunate endings, as soon as she discovered romance novels a whole new world opened up. She now writes ancient historical romances for Berkley Heat about strong heroines and gorgeous warrior heroes who, no matter how torturous the journey, are guaranteed their happily-ever-after. Christina was born in the United Kingdom, but now lives in sunny Western Australia with her real-life hero and their three children.
Visit her at her website and blog.
Paula Roe
Winner of the Australian Romance Readers Association’s Best Short Category Romance Book for 2009 and 2010, multi-published Borders bestseller Paula Roe currently writes romance fiction for Harlequin Enterprises. She is also writing a super-sexy, other-world paranormal series as alter-ego Polly Cooper (website TBA!)
Lilliana Rose
I am currently writing a series of short stories representing a dystopian futuristic world reflecting current social issues. My poems have been published in journals such as The Mozzie, Poetrix, Tamba, The Independent Weekly (Adelaide paper), and The Canberra Times.
Paula RoeWinner of the Australian Romance Readers Association’s Best Short Category Romance Book for 2009 and 2010, multi-published Borders bestseller Paula Roe currently writes romance fiction for Harlequin Enterprises. She is also writing a super-sexy, other-world paranormal series as alter-ego Polly Cooper (website TBA!)
Lilliana Rose
Please visit me at my website.
Cathleen Ross
She has also sold Psychic Sex to Harlequin Spice Briefs, a short story which was included in the Naughty Bits Anthology. Her next Spice Brief, The Shifters is due out in August 2012.
Finally, she thought she'd better write something her mother could read. Her romantic paranormal mystery, Dirty Sexy Murder, a novel set in a waxing parlor was released in 2010, quickly followed by her March 2011 release, Love, Lust and Lies.
The magic of story dazzles and enthralls Denise. On the good days, she likes to think of herself as Scheherazade's sister. On the bad days - not so much.
She's small, noisy and tend to wave her hands around a lot.
A two-time winner of the Passionate Plume Award, Denise’s work has been described as "darkly intense, warmly romantic, and blazingly erotic". Reviewers praise her world-building and her ability to write "erotic scenes that exude sensuality without sounding at all cliché".
She is published with Berkley, Ellora’s Cave and Avon Red.
You can catch up with Denise on Twitter @DeniseRossetti, Facebook, her website or via her monthly newsletter.
Jenny Schwartz isn't even trying to fight her addiction to angels and sexy djinn. Her Out of the Bottle series is published with Carina Press and she's busily adding to it, typing with crossed fingers in the hope readers and Carina Press will want more passion, adventure and laughter. And then there's her addiction to steampunk--what better way to mis-use a history degree!
I am a West Australian author, who writes paranormal/fantasy romance. Qualified as an Archaeologist, it's no surprise my interests lie in the use of mythological creatures in modern romance. When I'm not writing, I'm usually trying to manage the chaos that is my household! I also enjoy 4x4ing, travel, music, art, the beach, good coffee - and almost everything else in between.
Cassandra Shaw
Cassandra was born a dreamer. And has spent half her life staring out windows living an alternate life that exists in the realms of her sub-conscious. Her 'Other World'. It’s just so darn good there.She writes paranormal and fantasy adventures of friendship and love, where not everyone is fully human-or human at all and Earth's not the only inhabitable planet.
Previously in life, Cassandra has gained a Degree in Environmental Management, worked in offices in a multitude of positions, studied fashion design, run her own business and spent nearly seventeen years caring for orphaned and injured wildlife.
She is a member of RWA (Australia), RWA (America) and its FFP, KOD chapters, NRWC Byron Bay, Savvyauthors and a member of the Sunshine Coast Writers Group.
Her goals are to get that first manuscript published, then her second, third, fourth...................ninety-ninth.
Nicky Strickland
Nicky is a Brisbane-based storyteller who plays in worlds where the fantastical is part of our own. Ever since she could work out what the squiggles mean on paper, Nicky has been an avid omnivorous reader. A member of both the speculative fiction and romance communities in Australia, Nicky has in the past assisted in organizing speculative fiction events and has agreed to do it once again in the romance community as a member of RWA (Oz). It’s a way for her to justify the amount of coffee consumed. There are a number of ideas competing for her attention however she is currently working on her Elemental series. This involves the world as we know it merged with natural disasters, sentient elements, mers, sylphs and the occasional human.
You can find Nicky at her blog and on Twitter.
You can find Nicky at her blog and on Twitter.
Mel Teshco grew up in Australia, where her seemingly gypsy dad and ever patient mother saw her living in many areas of the East Coast, along with her sister and two brothers. Each new home stimulated an already over-active imagination, where she spent as much time dreaming about fantasy worlds as the real world - the fantasy sometimes being much better.
Now living on a small rural property with three horses and a handful or two of cats, she is happily married with three children of wide-spread ages and loves writing gritty, sizzling paranormals and the occasional contemporary with darker tones.
Joanne Vogel
Joanne has two 'Works in Progress' - the central theme being 'ze vromance' and dabbles in crazy bursts of poetry!
Joanne grew up in very rural, rural ... well bush Australia and did correspondence school for her primary school where she dabbled in poetry about the Australian bush on a regular basis. She also played lots of scrabble, bushwalked and talked to trees or hunted tadpoles.
Joanne now lives in the big smoke and loves red wine, coffee, daydreaming about train-commuters bogeying down to the songs playing on the mp3 and, oh yeah Writing!!!
Joanne has two 'Works in Progress' - the central theme being 'ze vromance' and dabbles in crazy bursts of poetry!
Joanne grew up in very rural, rural ... well bush Australia and did correspondence school for her primary school where she dabbled in poetry about the Australian bush on a regular basis. She also played lots of scrabble, bushwalked and talked to trees or hunted tadpoles.
Joanne now lives in the big smoke and loves red wine, coffee, daydreaming about train-commuters bogeying down to the songs playing on the mp3 and, oh yeah Writing!!!
Carolyn Wren
I started writing about three years ago. I have always loved to read and constantly made up stories in my head. Something clicked one day and I started writing them down.
My first love is Romantic suspense, I have adored Linda Howard for many years. But I am an avid reader of most genres, devouring anything sci-fi and fantasy when I was a kid.
I met Anne McCaffrey when I was about 20 and it remains one of the highlights of my life. The RWA has been and continues to be a wonderful experience for me. The things I have learnt since joining last year have been invaluable.
My first love is Romantic suspense, I have adored Linda Howard for many years. But I am an avid reader of most genres, devouring anything sci-fi and fantasy when I was a kid.
I met Anne McCaffrey when I was about 20 and it remains one of the highlights of my life. The RWA has been and continues to be a wonderful experience for me. The things I have learnt since joining last year have been invaluable.
