About

about me

Kid Lit writer and illustrator

We had a Tawny Frogmouth bird living in our front garden for a while. I love these birds – they have so much personality! Soon after, I turned our garden visitor into a picture book story.

a photo of a half peeled banana

Hoo Hoo, Peekaboo! was published in 2023 by Dragonfly Publishing. You can buy it from their online store.

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Hoo Hoo, Squawk Squawk! was published in 2025 by Dragonfly Publishing and is available on their website.

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Short Fiction online and in-print (non-kidlit)

‘How to be a banana in three easy steps, or advice for the ambiguously Asian’, in Sprig, Issue 1. 2025

https://sprigmagazine.cargo.site/issues-1#01

‘The Midas Touch’, in Sprig, Issue 2. 2026

https://sprigmagazine.cargo.site/issues-1#02

Short fiction in anthologies and collections

‘The Matter of the Diet of Insectivorous Plants from Equatorial Africa’, Shortlisted in theKatharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre Spooky Stories Anthology: Voices, 2021 Wildweeds Press.

‘Standard Operating Procedure’, Highly Commended in the Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre Spooky and Horror Story Competition, published in GLITCH: Spooky Stories Competition 2026 Adult Horror Anthology, Wildweeds Press.

Other news

My poem ‘Mycellium Network’ was displayed on the Yagan Square digital tower in August 2026 as part of Writing WA’s WA Stories initiative. Many thanks to WritingWA, Development WA and Dragonfly Publishing