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I\u2019ve had\u00a0a variety of careers, including fruit picker and Occult librarian and lived in Germany and Denmark for a decade.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m back in my beloved Melbourne and working for the railways.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve published 6 books as me including the Aurealis award winners\u00a0Fire Angels<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Aramaya<\/em>, and one book as Rebecca Locksley \u2013 A Shining Knight.\u00a0 <\/em>All have recently been re-released as ebooks under my own name.\u00a0 Shadow in the Empire of Light <\/em>is available as an Audiobook. My short stories have been widely anthologized, appeared in Meanjin<\/em>\u00a0and read on the ABC.<\/p>\n

My favourite writers are Jane Austen, Angela Carter,\u00a0Sara Douglass, Janet Evanovich, and Gail Carriger.<\/p>\n

I’m a keen TTRPG player and a judge for the Australian Role Playing Industry Awards.<\/p>\n

My current life ambition is to see an erupting volcano.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

2000 Nominated for a Ditmar Award for \u201cTo Avalon<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

1999 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for\u00a0Aramaya.<\/em><\/p>\n

1998 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for\u00a0Fire Angels<\/em><\/p>\n

1989 Winner Moonee Valley Library Short Story Competition for \u201cRed Roses<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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