Lynne Cairns

Hello,

I write exciting historical novels set in Australia and am sure readers will love my latest historical novel, Gold Town, a tale of Australia’s Wild West. Following her prospector husband, Nora arrives at Hannans to find he is missing. A roaring shanty town of Western Australia's gold rush, full of lonely sex-starved men, is a dangerous place for a woman alone. And now, a murderer is watching her.

Where Wild Black Swans are Flying, is set in Western Australia's Swan River Colony. Orphaned Becky Lees, alone and terrified, is rescued by First Nations' people and lives with them before finding a home with widow Meg and her children. Menaced by storm and bushfire, they survive on fish and what they can grow. Teenage Becky finds love, but life is no fairy tale and fate has much more trauma in store before she can find happiness.

Cast Away, a tale of shipwreck, survival and treasure, for young readers 11 -16 (& on to 99). Eleven-year-old Katie O’Donoghue, sole survivor of a shipwreck is alone and lost on West Australia’s south coast, a lonely shore where few white people have ever walked. She searches in vain for a farm or village where she night find shelter, food and water. Can she survive in the wild? Can she trust the few people she meets and from escape the evil men who think she knows where treasure is buried

I am also the author of Secret Fleets, The history of the World War II Allied submarine base at Fremantle Western Australia, write poetry and short stories.