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Good question! These were taken at a recent ‘Meet the Author’ afternoon tea at Manly Library, organised by the new northern suburbs branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia in conjunction with the library as part of the Manly Arts Festival. It’s taken a major tussle with technology to transfer these photos to my…

Okay, I’ve finished the rewrites on Sage for Sanctuary and Thyme for Trust and I hope I can get them published cos I think you’ll be as excited about them as I am. YES!! (And I cried – I’ve lived with Janna for about six years while I’ve been researching and writing the series, and…

Thanks so much for all your comments re Janna’s love life and also for your good wishes for future publication – no news on that front yet. But I’m blown away by all your suggestions for how the last two books should go – maybe I should just retire and leave it to all of…

It’s been a hectic few weeks, with visits to some great schools over Book Week: Wenona, Pittwater House, Mosman High and SCEGGS Redlands, as well as a wonderful day spent at Kincumber High School in Gosford. The CBCA lunch on board the ferry with hundreds of students was also fun. I sat with some really…

Just snatching some time out to thank you all for your continuing interest in the Janna Mysteries. I’m currently waiting for a response from an agent in the USA, and am also trying to fit in some writing time. Meantime, if you’d like to check it out, there’s a fantastic review of Willows for Weeping…

Thanks so much everyone for all your interesting comments – you’ve certainly given me a lot to think about. I specially like the suggestion that Janna is giving me hints about which way she wants to go – I’d never thought about that in those terms before. Hmmmm … Questions, questions. Many thanks too for…

Hi everyone; hope you all enjoyed the school holidays? (Not as much as your teachers, I bet!) Schools are much on my mind at present as Book Week comes closer. I’ve been invited to visit lots of wonderful schools in Sydney and at the Top Bookshop in Gosford. Schools include Manly Primary, Kuringai High School,…

Hi everyone and my apologies for the LONG silence! I’m just back from a wonderful trip to Russia, followed by several weeks in the UK walking in Janna’s footsteps in Winchester, Wilton and Grovely forest amongst other wonderful places. We also went to York. I visited the Richard III museum to an exhibition depicting that…