I am blessed to live on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. My two children and four grandchildren live close by and are a wonderful part of my life. I love to research and write about my family heritage in Australia, which goes back to the First Fleet of convicts transported here from England. My novels are based on characters from my family and stories from Australia's early history - a mixture of fact and fiction - with lots of romance, intrigue, life challenges as well as all the petty and dastardly crimes that plagued the early Australian settlers.