Born and bred in Sydney, Australia, one of the 'awkward generation' sub-group of the 'baby boomers' - born towards the end; too young to join in the fun and social revolution of the 1960s and too old to enjoy the fruits of it's flow on effects into the school system. The youngest of three born to a local truck driver and a mother with an eye condition that caused her to gradually go blind. She was totally blind when I went to school. I grew up in an environment where nothing breakable was left near the edge of the table. I spent a lot of time in the adult world acting as his mother's eyes; thus having a more adult view of the world than my peers.

After leaving school at sixteen, I've worked at everything from door-to-door sales, law enforcement, to administration and management; earning various qualifications in my own time

I've written many reports, technical, and training papers for work. I've written millions of words of fiction before I started writing stories professionally.