I was born in 1975 on the Isle of Man and spent my childhood there, in Sudan, in Papua New Guinea and in Australia. I did lots of my daydreaming in planes, trains and boats including one boat that my dad made with a glass base so my sister and I could see fish and coral going past underneath us. For a little while I had a mouse and the best present my mum and dad ever gave me (apart from my sister) was my own piano.​

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These days I live in Melbourne and do lots of writing here, some of it for children (you might be here because you have read my stories about Violet Mackerel) and some of it for adults (I am very interested in things like work and careers and what they mean in a human life). I work at a university. I also make dolls and other small things which I sometimes sell at markets. ​

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Thank you for dropping by!

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