[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Education and Diploma of Teaching from Edith Cowan University.
[3] She worked as a school teacher prior to taking up full-time writing in 1999.
[3][4] She also holds a higher degree in creative writing from the University of Western Australia.
The Watching Lake, published in 1991, was her first novel[3] and was shortlisted for the 1992 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.
[2] Her papers, including manuscripts and correspondence, are held in the State Library of Western Australia.