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I'm a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction, with novels, radio plays and other works published over the years. Coming out in 2026: Raven Mother, a memoir and social history, with NewSouth Publishing.
I'm also a teacher of creative writing, and which is very much a vocation for me. I've been teaching since the early 1990s and headed up the Creative Writing programs at Macquarie University for many years. These days I mentor individual writers and run Masterclasses. And in 2025, I launched StorySALOON: Short Stories, Centre stage, a live show and podcast devoted to growing the audience for Australian short stories (read by some of our brilliant actors).
My most recent novel is Hopscotch (Picador 2015). The past few years while writing Rav ...more

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	Hopscotch 3.35 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Provenance 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Bedlam: An Anthology of Sleepless Nights 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997	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
	Night by night 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994	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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