My professional writing and editing journey began in 1989, but I knew from the age of 9 that I wanted to be a writer. Over the past 30 years I have worked in-house with multinational publishing giants including Macmillan Education and Lonely Planet, and as a freelance/consulting writer and editor for a wide variety of clients in publishing, business, government, non-government and community contexts. I have also developed a research career in public health, and continue to provide research-related services to health services, research centres and universities.

These days I do a little bit of everything: writing, editing, coaching, training and fieldwork. I work with private individuals, teams and organisations. I run workshops on research methods for health professionals, and business and marketing skills for editors. I coach individual writers through the journey of developing their manuscripts, and I run the fortnightly Writing Salon @ Mt Duneed, a 90-minute session for writers wanting to start, re-start or recover their creativity through writing.

My own writing has been published in academic journals and books, websites, blogs and elsewhere, in print and online. In 2007 my true crime/family memoir, In Cold Blood: The murder of baby Jordan, was published in South Africa by New Africa Books. The story was published as a chapter in Outside the Law 3: Australian true crime stories (Five Mile Press, 2009) and Cold Blood: Australian true crime stories (Five Mile Press, 2013). I’m currently co-writing a memoir of migration to Australia and have recently started writing a novel.

Click here to read about my qualifications and recent work experience; awards and affiliations; or to see my portfolio.