Hi. I’m an adult and YA writer from Melbourne/Naarm. My stories have appeared in various publications and journals. Gus and the Missing Boy is my debut YA novel and was shortlisted for the 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction and the 2025 BAD Sydney Danger Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction. 

The sequel Gus and the Burning Stones was published in August 2025.

I'm the co-host of the Words and Nerds spin-off podcast Queer Writes Sessions with R.W.R. McDonald.

My agent is Jane Novak.

My publisher is Wakefield Press.


QWS Podcast episodes - listen here

Where to find Gus & the Burning Stones

YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTOREReadings BooksAMAZON BOOKTOPIADYMOCKSWAKEFIELD PRESSe-BOOK LINKSBORROW GUS FROM YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

Events

YA writing workshop with Amy Doak at BAD Sydney Festival

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

Book ticket here

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

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Teens in Christie - International Agatha Christie Festival

Sydney launch of Gus & the Burning Stones with Tim Ayliffe

Teens in Christie - International Agatha Christie Festival

Book ticket here

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the unceded lands on which I write, work, and live - the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. I recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture, and I pay my respects to their elders and storytellers past, present and emerging.

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