Molly Fernandes

Molly Fernandes was born in a small town in the wheatbelt in Western Australia. She grew up in Perth, spending her holidays exploring the natural environment of South Western Australia. Her summers were spent exploring the shorelines of Cosie Corner and Emu Point.

Molly fell in love with books from a very young age and gained inspiration from many stories about animals to begin her writing life. She was an avid reader of Enid Blyton, Kenneth Grahame and Ernest Hemingway. Her passion for writing and art inspired her to become a primary school teacher. Owen’s Afternoon Tea is her debut into the publication world. Her second book, The Call of the Boodier is a youth adventure novel, telling the story of a tiger that is relocated to a brand-new state of the art, tiger sanctuary in the Boranup forest. Molly’s love of nature drew her towards gardening, hiking and observing the birds that visit her garden. Today she lives with her family on the northern beaches of Perth in Western Australia. Writing is as much an adventure for her as reading and she thoroughly enjoys bringing stories to life in text and in drawing.