Lisa Walker's Blog
September 7, 2026
‘The Last Hike’ cover reveal!
Here is the beautiful cover for my new novel, ‘The Last Hike’! It’s about a group of adventure leadership students who reunite on a ski tour in Arctic Sweden two years after the accident that blasted their friendship apart.
They thought their secrets died with her on the mountain.Two years after the accident that destroyed her friendship group, Cleo is still picking up the pieces.When Scarlett – now a glossy influencer – invites her on a ski tour to a remote Swedish Arctic cabin, she reluctantly agrees.But this is no reunion. Snowed in and isolated, the secrets they’ve spent two years burying are finally clawing their way back to the surface.And someone has been waiting for this moment.This is my ninth book, but I haven’t run out of life experiences to mine for my novels yet. ‘The Last Hike’ was inspired by eight years I spent working as a wilderness guide and outdoor educator in Australia, Scotland and Nepal, as well as by my love of ski touring.
I did a week-long ski tour on The King’s Trail in Arctic Sweden in 2024 and loved it so much I decided to set a novel there. In April this year, I went back and did the tour again as research for ‘The Last Hike’.
What I particularly like about this cover is the pink tones in the sky, which remind me of an aurora. I find auroras quite magical and inspiring, so they feature prominently in the story. This is one of the auroras we saw in the Arctic.
‘The Last Hike’ comes out mid-January in the UK, with appropriate mid-winter vibes, and March 2 in Australia, which will be a nice cooling read. 
You can pre-order ‘The Last Hike’ now: UK ANZ US (pre-orders are great for authors!)
Or add it to your Goodreads ‘Want to Read’ list here!
What I’ve enjoyed reading lately
Mallory is a washed-up writer with writers block, until she meets Leo, a down and out gay man and decides to steal his life story for her new novel. I’ve got to say this book turned a bit darker than I expected, though it’s also hilarious. If you enjoyed ‘Yellowface’, there’s a good chance you’ll like this one too.
Liz Nugent is one of my favourite authors, though she’s also quite dark (that seems to be my reading vibe at the moment). This is an amazing character study of Ruby, one of the more twisted people I’ve encountered in fiction. If you like reading about unlikeable but compelling characters getting away with dark deeds, then this is for you.
I’m about four years late to this one, but I’m glad I got there in the end. The premise of a serial killer on death row didn’t initially appeal to me but, having overcome that, I found this to be extremely gripping, and ultimately very moving.
Thanks for reading!
Lisa x
November 12, 2025
November Readers’ Club – Writers writing about writers
Books with writers as protagonists can be controversial. Are they just a lazy attempt for the author to avoid doing any research? Maybe a little. But on the other hand, aren’t writers with all their ambitions, envy, and obsessions entertaining? Obviously, I think so, anyway. That’s why I wrote a novel about a group of writers.
Here are four novels about writers I’ve enjoyed recently:
‘The Sequel’ by Jean Hanff Korelitz
This one is – you guessed it – a sequel to ‘The Plot’, so if you haven’t read that yet, start there. Recently widowed Anna is enjoying the royalties of her dead husband’s best-selling novel. But when she publishes her own novel, some skeletons in her closet break loose, and she has to fight back or risk being exposed.
‘Who is Maud Dixon?’ by Alexandra Andrews
Twenty-six-year-old aspiring writer Florence takes a job as an assistant to a mysterious bestselling author Maud Dixon, whose true identity is a secret. Everything falls apart on a research trip to Morocco, as a cat and mouse game ensues between the two women.
‘The Final Chapter’ by January Gilchrist
A group of mis-matched, and secretive writers gather at a writing retreat in the Blue Mountains. When they’re trapped by a snowfall, one of them is murdered and they must hunt down the killer before they strike again.
‘We Love You Bunny’ by Mona Awad
If you like dark and, frankly, extremely weird books – which I do – then this might be for you. (This is a sequel to ‘Bunny’, so go back and read that one if you haven’t already). Samantha has just published her first novel. However, when her old university frenemies, who inspired her novel, kidnap her, things get very out of hand. To quote the jacket copy – Frankenstein meets Heathers. That sounds about right.
Writing News: ‘The Pact’ has opened for pre-orders ‘The Pact’ has opened for pre-orders in paperback, audio and ebook. Pre-orders really help authors by demonstrating interest in a book and building buzz. Ordering it in, or reserving it, at your local library is also great. Authors receive royalties for every copy of their book held in a library, and it’s surprising how it all adds up!
Early ReviewsThank you so much to these lovely authors who have taken the time to read ‘The Pact’.
‘A dark and twisty story of the consequences of toxic ambition that will keep you guessing until the very end’ Kayte Nunn
‘The Camino de Santiago is the perfect setting for this dark and atmospheric tale; clever and twisty’. Jackie Kabler
‘This quirky and unpredictable suspense is as twisty as Spain’s Camino de Santiago! Packed with intrigue and secrets, THE PACT asks how far someone might go for literary success.’ Allie Reynolds
‘The path to Santiago is never straight — and neither is the truth in this gripping, twist-filled murder mystery’ Donna M Cameron
‘Pacy, twisty and layered revenge tale’ Joanna Barnard
Pre-order linksThanks for reading!Lisa
August 24, 2025
Lisa’s reading recommendations…
Today, I want to give a shout out to some standout Australian authors I have loved reading lately. It’s an eclectic mix, but all of these books were memorable and rewarding in different ways.




‘The Palazzo’ by Kayte Nunn – Friends, food, jealousy and obsession collide in an atmospheric Italian palazzo.
‘Rytual’ by Chloe Elizabeth Wilson – A young woman is recruited into a dark feminist, beauty cult.
‘The Revisionists’ by Michelle Johnston – A compelling story about memory, friendship, ethics, and journalistic ambition in an international conflict zone.
‘A Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt’ by Mark Mupotsa-Russell – Darkly (very darkly) funny, with a take-no-prisoners mother bent on revenge.
Writing NewsThe PactI’m so happy to share my beautiful cover for ‘The Pact’. I love stories about youthful golden moments, which go badly wrong, and I feel like this image captures that perfectly. To me, it has ‘Saltburn’ vibes and makes me want to be one of those young people lounging by the pond in the sun.
Here’s the back cover blurb –
Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost.
Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tess’s world is upended when their charismatic tutor is found dead. Believing someone in their circle is responsible, Tess flees the elite literary world and abandons the future she once craved.
Three years later, an enigmatic invitation to walk the Camino de Santiago offers Tess a chance to uncover the truth. Reunited with her former friends, including Ethan, now a literary star, Tess realises the past isn’t finished with her. Someone knows what really happened that night, and they’ll do anything to keep it buried.
The Pact is out in paperback in January 2026 in Australia and the UK, Canada in March, and the US in June. (The e-book and audiobook will be available in all these countries in January).
You can add ‘The Pact’ to your Goodreads ‘to be read’ list now here, and pre-orders open in October!
My work-in-progressI’m working hard on my next novel, which is due for publication in 2027. It’s set on a cross-country ski tour in Arctic Sweden, so I’m enjoying re-living the memories of my beautiful ski tour on The King’s Trail in 2024. Here is my Instagram reel from this trip, if you’d like to check it out.
I’ve finished an 80-thousand-word first draft, so I’m taking a breather before I go back to figure out how to take it to the next level. My novels usually undergo BIG changes in the second draft phase, so I’ll need a fresh mind and lots of re-structuring energy. So far though, I’m loving my characters and the wild Arctic setting.
Thank you for reading!
Lisa
April 26, 2025
Lisa’s Reader’s Club – April 2025
Reading!
What a month of reading it’s been! I’ve devoured some absolute gems recently, and it was hard to pick just a couple to share with you. But here are two brand-new releases by brilliant Australian women writers that completely swept me away:
‘Wild Dark Shore’ by Charlotte McConaghy
I’ll read anything Charlotte writes — Migrations is one of my all-time favourites — so the second I heard about Wild Dark Shore, I was all in. Set in a near-future world on a remote sub-Antarctic island, the story follows a father and his three children, the island’s only inhabitants, whose lives are upended when a mysterious woman washes ashore after a shipwreck. Like Migrations, it weaves stark wilderness, climate grief, and edge-of-your-seat suspense into something utterly haunting and unforgettable. I know this one will stay with me for a long, long time.
‘Mother Tongue’ by Naima Brown
Naima Brown’s second novel, Mother Tongue, is wildly original and completely addictive. After loving her first book, The Shot, I couldn’t wait to dive into this — and it didn’t disappoint. The premise is irresistible: Brynn wakes from a coma speaking fluent French (yes, Foreign Language Syndrome is a real thing!), and it sets her on a path of radical transformation. Dark, funny, feminist, and full of sharp insights into motherhood and identity, this book is unpredictable in all the best ways. Highly recommend if you want something that’ll keep you thinking long after you turn the last page.
Watching!
White Lotus – Season Three
Like seemingly everyone else on the planet, I got swept up in the latest season of White Lotus. Watching a group of rich narcissists ruin each other’s lives on holiday? Apparently, that’s my perfect comfort viewing. The performances were stellar, the writing sharp, and I spent way too much time guessing who the murder victim would be. Rumour has it that Season Four is heading to Morocco, and I can’t wait.
Midsommar
Ok, so Midsommar isn’t exactly new (it came out in 2019), but I finally gathered the courage to watch it. Horror isn’t usually my thing, but Swedish paganism? Very much my thing. Plus, Florence Pugh is extraordinary. I’ll admit: there were quite a few moments where I had to close my eyes, but the lush Scandinavian setting, the maypole dancing, the deeply unsettling cult — it all combined into something hypnotic and unforgettable. Worth the nightmares!
Writing!
And now for some exciting news…
My debut psychological suspense novel, The Pact, will be published by HQ (HarperCollins) in the UK and Australia in January 2026!
The Pact is a “dark academia meets hiking” story set partly in the UK and partly along the Spanish Camino de Santiago. It follows a dysfunctional writing group (Nothing like my own lovely group!) on a 30-day hike. This story has been quietly growing in my mind ever since I walked the Camino in 2016 — so it’s been almost a decade from the first spark of an idea to the finish line.
On the Camino in 2016
I’m also deep into the next novel, due out in 2027 — hoping to speed things up this time around!
I hope you’ve had a happy and productive month. Thank you for reading!
Lisa x
February 3, 2025
January Reader’s Club wrap-up
I have read some excellent novels in January, I hope you have too. Here are a few highlights:
Tana French:
I have fallen in love with Tana French’s writing (what took me so long?). I have previously read a couple of her novels, but then for some reason forgot about her.
This month, I read ‘The Likeness’ and ‘The Secret Place’ which are both from her Dublin Murder Squad series. What I most love about her writing is her characters. They are so beautifully developed and fascinating. French has cited Donna Tartt’s ‘The Secret History’ as an influence, which rings true as both these books have ‘dark academia’ vibes – one of my favourite, favourite things. ‘The Likeness’ was about a group of university students sharing an old house, while ‘The Secret Place’ was set in an exclusive girls’ boarding school. Let me tell you, you do not mess with teenage girls!


Movie and book pairing:
By chance, I read ‘Rouge’ by Mona Awad shortly before watching ‘The Substance’ starring Demi Moore. Both were extremely weird takes on the beauty industry and how women are made to fear losing their looks as they age.


If you’ve read ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad, and enjoyed it, then ‘Rouge’ is for you. It’s a pretty out-there story about a sinister beauty cult.
I came to ‘The Substance’ without much of an idea what to expect and wow! It was way more horrific than my usual taste, but I found it compelling viewing. Only for those who like it weird.
Writing news:
I am working on both an adult and young adult novel at the moment and hope to share an exciting development soon!
Best wishes,
Lisa
December 15, 2024
2024 Reading wrap-up – ten standout novels
2024 is the first year I have ever kept track of books I’ve read and listened to on audio. The grand total for the year so far is ninety-nine! I’m sure I can make it to at least a round one hundred before the year is out. My best month was January, with thirteen books read. Hopefully I can repeat that in the coming weeks.
My tastes were eclectic but weighted towards psychological suspense and I read a mixture of new releases and oldies. Ten standouts were – ‘Sisters’ by Daisy Johnson, ‘State of Wonder’ by Anne Patchett, ‘What Happened to Nina?’ by Dervla McTiernan, ‘The Sleepwalkers’ by Scarlett Thomas, ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson, ‘Siracusa’ by Delia Ephron, ‘The Ministry of Time’ by Kaliane Bradley, ‘Social Creature’, Tara Upton, ‘Prima Facie’ by Suzie Miller, and ‘I Have Some Questions for You’ by Rebecca Makkai.
Thank you for being a subscriber to my blog. I have renamed this page as my Readers Club, but you are still in the right place for my writing news, thoughts, events and special offers! I hope to be sharing some exciting developments in the not-too-distant future.
I have uploaded a short story called ‘Night Calls’ as a welcome to new subscribers. You can find it here if you would like to read it, or click on the image below.
Warm wishes for the festive season!
Lisa
July 31, 2021
Publication day – Would you like a dash of sunshine with your noir?
My new Olivia Grace teen PI novel, ‘Trouble is my Business’ comes out today – hooray! It’s the second in my teen mystery series set on the Gold Coast, and in Byron Bay.
Most people who read crime fiction are familiar with Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir. It’s all about dark deeds in cold countries with morose detectives. Think ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ or ‘Miss Smilla’s feeling for Snow’.
‘Trouble is My Business’ is pretty much the opposite of that. It’s not Nordic noir, but sunshine noir. In teen PI, Olivia Grace’s world everything is fun and colourful on the surface, but rotten underneath. The sea is sparkling, but dark deeds are afoot.
Olivia might not be treading the mean streets of urban California like Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, or Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, but her beat has its share of both glamour and grunge.
As in the Florida crime novels of Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard, the happy holiday exterior provides cover for a seedy underbelly. Florida has been called a sunny place for shady people, and this could be said of the Gold Coast and Byron Bay as well. An eclectic mix of real estate developers, tourists, and eco-warriors can lead to a whole lot of trouble.
In ‘Trouble is My Business’, as Olivia gazes out at the sparkling blue sea in Byron Bay, she muses that people would, quite literally, kill for this.
Brisbane launch:
‘Trouble is my Business’ will be launched by Kay Kerr, author of ‘Please Don’t Hug Me’ at Where the Wild Things Are, in West End, Brisbane, on August 19th, 6.30pm. This is a free event, but bookings are essential. Click here to register.
Here’s the blurb …
Olivia Grace, recently retired teen PI, has her priorities sorted. Pass first-year law, look after her little sister, and persuade her parents to come back from a Nepali monastery to resume … well, parenting. But after Olivia’s friend Abbey goes missing in Byron Bay, she can’t sit back and study Torts. It’s time to go undercover as hippie-chick Nansea, in hippie-chic Byron Bay: hub of influencers and international tourism, and home of yoga, surfing and wellness culture, against a breathtaking backdrop, a short drive from Olivia’s Gold Coast home.
Olivia’s looking for answers, with the help of her stash of disguises, the PI skills her irresistible ex-boss Rosco taught her … and a nose for trouble. Her suspects include a hard-core surfer who often argued with Abbey in the surf, a charismatic cult leader and an acrobatic botany student. And then there’s Rosco, officially assigned to the case, and proving impossible to avoid.
Lisa Walker’s second Olivia Grace novel is another rip-roaring excursion into madcap sunshine noir, with nods to Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes, and a flavour of Veronica Mars meets Elmore Leonard.
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Early reviews
‘I loved being swept up in this mystery. A wonderful combination of comical, high-stakes and genuine.’
Emily Gale, author of ‘We are out with Lanterns’
‘New mystery, new trouble, new(ish) normcore clothes… Forget Sherlock Holmes and Nancy Drew, teen PI Olivia Grace going deep undercover as Nansea is everything I never knew I needed.
Fearless, fun and fake tanned, has Olivia found the perfect disguise in Nansea to take on cults, bad boy surfers and dangerously attractive acrobats?
Trouble is my Business kept me reading, guessing and laughing late into the night.’
R.W.R McDonald, author of ‘The Nancys’
‘I am here for a brilliant young protagonist who’s solving mysteries and showing up for herself. A page-turning read.’
Claire Christian, author of ‘Beautiful Mess’
‘Hilarious, tender and fun, this sun-drenched teen PI mystery drips with humour and style. I adored it.’
Poppy Nwosu, author of ‘Taking Down Evelyn Tait’
July 8, 2021
‘Trouble is my Business’ Book Launch
My second Olivia Grace teen PI novel, ‘Trouble is my Business’, comes out on August 1st! It’s had some lovely early reviews and I’m pretty excited about it.
I’m thrilled to be launching ‘Trouble is my Business’ as a Byron Writers Festival satellite event on Saturday August 7th, 6pm. Kayte Nunn, bestselling author of ‘The Last Reunion’, will be doing the honours and it should be a fun evening. It’s a free event, but click here to book on Eventbrite.
Here’s the blurb …
Olivia Grace, recently retired teen PI, has her priorities sorted. Pass first-year law, look after her little sister, and persuade her parents to come back from a Nepali monastery to resume … well, parenting. But after Olivia’s friend Abbey goes missing in Byron Bay, she can’t sit back and study Torts. It’s time to go undercover as hippie-chick Nansea, in hippie-chic Byron Bay: hub of influencers and international tourism, and home of yoga, surfing and wellness culture, against a breathtaking backdrop, a short drive from Olivia’s Gold Coast home.
Olivia’s looking for answers, with the help of her stash of disguises, the PI skills her irresistible ex-boss Rosco taught her … and a nose for trouble. Her suspects include a hard-core surfer who often argued with Abbey in the surf, a charismatic cult leader and an acrobatic botany student. And then there’s Rosco, officially assigned to the case, and proving impossible to avoid.
Lisa Walker’s second Olivia Grace novel is another rip-roaring excursion into madcap sunshine noir, with nods to Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes, and a flavour of Veronica Mars meets Elmore Leonard.
Goodreads
Add ‘Trouble is my Business’ to your to-be-read list on Goodreads.
Pre-order
Pre-order ‘Trouble is my Business’
Early reviews
‘I loved being swept up in this mystery. A wonderful combination of comical, high-stakes and genuine.’
Emily Gale, author of ‘We are out with Lanterns’
‘New mystery, new trouble, new(ish) normcore clothes… Forget Sherlock Holmes and Nancy Drew, teen PI Olivia Grace going deep undercover as Nansea is everything I never knew I needed.
Fearless, fun and fake tanned, has Olivia found the perfect disguise in Nansea to take on cults, bad boy surfers and dangerously attractive acrobats?
Trouble is my Business kept me reading, guessing and laughing late into the night.’
R.W.R McDonald, author of ‘The Nancys’
‘I am here for a brilliant young protagonist who’s solving mysteries and showing up for herself. A page-turning read.’
Claire Christian, author of ‘Beautiful Mess’
‘Hilarious, tender and fun, this sun-drenched teen PI mystery drips with humour and style. I adored it.’
Poppy Nwosu, author of ‘Taking Down Evelyn Tait’
May 28, 2020
My very first video
Video-making has never been on my radar. I’m a writer, not a filmmaker, after all. I’m lucky to have a son who’s a filmmaker, and he’s made me some great book trailers over the years. There really hasn’t been any need for me to learn to do it myself.
But then, this social distancing thing came along and all of a sudden, I couldn’t do bookshop visits, or talks to schools and other groups. I noticed other writers doing amazing videos, and I wanted to do one too, but… I had no idea where to begin.
So, when The Lismore Regional Gallery and The Quad offered an at-home artistic residency called Together//Alone, I thought this might be just the spur a movie-making novice needed to have a go. I applied to make a video called ‘Writing the Girl with the Gold Bikini’. A short time later, I found out my application was successful. After I finished celebrating, I realised I had only seven days to make my video and freaked out.
I’m not exactly a technophobe, but I’m coming from a fairly low base. Step one was to figure out how to use iMovie. I discovered some great templates and spent way too much time checking them out. I also spent a lot of time pondering different approaches to capturing vision and sound with the equipment I’ve got available. I didn’t want to lash out on new gear. In the end, I filmed with a phone and tripod and used the microphone from a pair of headphones tucked into my shirt. It worked okay, but I think next time I’ll invest in a microphone and upload a teleprompter app. Live and learn.
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I was super-proud of my first attempt. I sent it to my son, and he said, ‘It’s um… good’, but the way he said ‘good’ made it sound like ‘bad’. Apparently, all my transitions between film clips were terrible. Secretly, I already knew they were terrible, but I was hoping no-one would notice. I went back to work.
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The final result is here – a six-minute video where I talk about the inspiration, setting, character and development of ‘The Girl with the Gold Bikini’. I feel like a kid bringing their artwork home from school. It might not be amazing, in fact I am well aware that it has some technical issues, but I did it all by myself! My next video can only be an improvement.
If you’d like to read ‘The Girl with the Gold Bikini’ , it is available at your favourite bookshop, or in print here and ebook here.
April 7, 2020
Interview with Dee White, author of ‘Beyond Belief’
Today, I chat to Dee White, who is the author of many works of fiction for kids and teens. Dee’s young adult novel ‘Beyond Belief’ has just come out with Scholastic. Welcome Dee!
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LW: Where did the inspiration for this story come from?
DW: I was researching another manuscript set in Paris when I stumbled across the true story of Muslims at a Paris mosque who saved Jews during WW2. I knew I had to write about it. I received a VicArts grant through Creative Victoria to spend a month in Paris doing further research. It was amazing. My father fled Austria during WW2 after Kristallnacht. His parents were married in a synagogue and although he wasn’t raised Jewish, he was forced to wear a badge labeling him as a Jew and report regularly to the police. He and his family fled for their lives in 1939 and my father had talked about this to me. So I could relate this experience to my main character, Ruben fleeing from the soldiers and French police in Paris.
LW: Tell me about your protagonist, Ruben. Did he come to you easily, or did he take a while to get to know?
DW: Ruben, my protagonist in Beyond Belief did come to me quite easily. He’s a mix of my oldest brother who was always very gentle and serious and fair, and also trusting. I have two sons and they are very much like that too. They are kind to people and anticipate that they will receive kindness in return. I remember when they were around Ruben’s age and discovered that the world didn’t always work that way and I wanted to capture this vulnerability in my main character. My eldest son has always been a cat whisperer so incorporating this trait in Ruben’s character was quite organic. Ruben was very strong in my head and heart from quite early on. In fact he became almost like another one of my children.
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LW: This is your second young adult novel, and you have also written several books for middle-grade and younger readers. What are the challenges and pleasures of the young adult genre for you?
DW: The lines between middle-grade and YA seem to be becoming more and more blurred. To be honest, I thought that Beyond Belief was middle-grade but booksellers seem to be putting it in the 12+ category, I guess because of the themes and also Beyond Belief is YA in length, but then so is Harry Potter and that’s considered middle-grade. I never think of my writing in terms of genre or readership age. I just write the story I want to tell. I don’t consider my work to be classic YA (even my novel, Letters to Leonardo) and I’d find classic YA hard because I don’t write romance well and I feel like I’m a bit out of touch with the language and lifestyle of older teens. I guess that’s one of the challenges of writing YA. In YA your main characters are the same age or older than your readers but middle grade allows you more flexibility. As long as your main character is a similar age to the reader, you can have other characters who are older or younger, like Daan and Momo in Beyond Belief.
LW: Tell me about your writing process. Are you a plotter or a pantser and what is your writing routine?
DW: I’m quite erratic when it comes to writing process. Different manuscripts seem to call for different methods and each one is like a new experiment, an opportunity to try different things and acquire skills and knowledge that will make my writing better. I used to plot a lot but then I found my narrative lost its spark so now I tend to do a mixture of both. I know what my story is about and roughly what’s going to happen in the end, but not necessarily how my character will arrive at this place. I like to let them guide the story. As their character emerges, what they do and how they react to things will drive what happens next in the story.
When my boys were small I used to get up at 5.00am so I’d have around an hour to write before my kids got up. That way I could focus on being a parent and still feel like I was a writer as well.
Nowadays I tend to treat writing like a day job and work to fairly standard hours. It’s easy to just keep writing and write all day every day, but I’m trying to get balance in my life so I take weekends off and read at night. It can be hard to write when you’re the parent of young children or have a day job, but even if you can snatch just ten minutes a day it will still make you feel like you’re a writer and keep you motivated. Even when I’m under time and other pressures, I always try to keep my writing fun.
LW: Can you give us a sneaky preview of what you’re working on next?
DW: Eddy Popcorn’s Guide to Parent Training, my illustrated MG (Ben Johnston’s pics are hilarious) comes out with Scholastic Australia on 1 May and I’m currently working on the follow up, Eddy Popcorn’s Guide to Teacher Taming, which will be out next year. I’m also researching a couple of historical fiction works and a paranormal thriller screen play.
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DW: Thanks so much Lisa, for inviting me to visit your blog.
You can find Dee online at:
And buy ‘Beyond Belief’ at a range of booksellers, including:


