[5] Rachael describes herself as being fascinated with words from an early age, and remembers being thrilled to receive her first lockable diary.
Her interest in and love for the spoken word have developed into a passion for creating good dialogue, an aspect of writing that she enjoys the most.
[6] Before beginning the Spark trilogy, she acted, directed and wrote for amateur theatre productions and small independent film ventures.
[13] She is active on social media and has the support of the #SparkArm] campaign of teen readers, started by a group of Australian YA book bloggers.
[5][14] Her character Jamie in Spark was nominated for the Teencon Book Boyfriend Battle as part of Sydney's Writers Festival 2015.