He moved to Perth, Western Australia with his family when he was seven, where he later studied film and television arts at Curtin University.
He is the son of Kate Shepherd, owner/operator of Austral Ed, a small Australian educational book supplier to Asia.
His first series follows the adventures of Cassandra Kresnov, an artificially created super-soldier who becomes disillusioned with the policies and actions of her country, the League.
She defects to the city of Tanusha, on the planet of Callay in the Federation, the League's rival nation, and attempts to live as a civilian software expert.
[2][3] His second series follows the adventures of Sasha, a rebellious Lenayin princess with a talent for sword-fighting who gets embroiled in a widespread religious crusade spanning most of the region.