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Carol was born in Lithgow, NSW in 1948, and moved to the Illawarra at the age of five. In 1967 she married Neil Preston in Wollongong, where their two children, Tammy and Adam were born. Carol returned to study in 1976, and completed a PhD at Wollongong University in 1986, publishing numerous academic articles in psychological journals during that time. She had a counselling practice for 20 years until retiring in October 2017. One of Carol’s hobbies over many years has been family history research. It was this research which started Carol on the journey of writing novels. She has great admiration for the lives of her ancestors in Australia and has greatly enjoyed writing novels based on their stories and the inspiring history of the Austra ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 128 ratings · 57 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Suzannah's Gold 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary's Guardian (Turning the Tide, #1). 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tangled Secrets (Turning the Tide, #3) 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlotte's Angel (Turning the Tide, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Rebecca's Dream 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next of Kin 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Fight 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Face of Forgiveness 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of Peace liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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10 books in 10 years

My tenth novel, Beyond the Fight, has just been released by Rhiza Press. I'm very excited about this and very grateful to my publisher and also to my friends and readers who have been most encouraging. When I started writing 16 years ago, my aim was to write stories from my family history research. My ancestors go back 7 generations in Australia - from 1788 when the first fleet of convicts was sen Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 01, 2016 19:36 • Tags: ancestors, australian, creating-fiction-from-facts, history

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Nov 04, 2012 07:12PM

Adam wrote: "Have you read John Mitchel's Jail Journal? It gives much detail about the awful lives of Irish people being transported around the world in 1848."

No, Adam, I haven't read that but will check it out. Thanks

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Nov 03, 2012 02:10AM

Have you read John Mitchel's Jail Journal? It gives much detail about the awful lives of Irish people being transported around the world in 1848.

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