Sarah Mayberry

She has written several novels for Harlequin Mills and Boon, as well as scripts for the television soap opera Neighbours.

[2] Mayberry knew from a young age that she wanted to be a writer and began writing stories during school.

[1][2] Mayberry went on to work for the parent company of Australian hardware and garden centre chain Bunnings.

[3] She wrote some Regency romances, but they were rejected by Harlequin Mills and Boon and she decided to pursue a career in journalism.

[3] After reading Jennifer Crusie's Anyone But You, Mayberry was inspired to write romance novels again and she made sure her characters were "human and like people I knew".

[4] She produced the feature film Line of Fire along with her partner Christopher Gist, who also wrote the script.