Author Info:

Date of birth: July 27 1948 
Birth name: Juliet Scott (my family emigrated from Scotland. There's also an Irish line on my mother's side.)
Place of birth: Dunedin, New Zealand
Place of current residence:  I live in a cottage that was built around 1900. It's situated a stone's throw from the junction of the Swan and Helena Rivers in Perth, Western Australia.
Who lives there: Apart from me, two dogs (that's Gretel with me in the photo) and a tri-coloured cat.
Family: I'm divorced with four grown-up children and four grandchildren. I have one sister.
Education: Arthur Street Primary School and Otago Girls' High School in Dunedin. I have a BA and a B Mus (Hons) from the University of Otago.

I've worked as a teacher and tutor in music at both university and high school level. More recently I've worked in the Australian public service. My past career also includes singing in opera and conducting choirs.

My first novel, Daughter of the Forest, was published in 1999. I've been a full time writer since about 2002.

I now have eleven novels in print. Click on the Books link for details. My writing is generally classified as historical fantasy. Some of my novels are more fantastic (the Sevenwaters books, Foxmask) and some are more historical (Wolfskin, the Bridei Chronicles.) My novels are generally published in separate editions in Australia and New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Canada. They've been published in translation in the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, China and Brazil, with French, Turkish and Japanese editions to come. Click here for publication details.

My books have won a number of awards over the years. These are listed on the pages for each separate title under the Books link. The most recent was the 2008 Sir Julius Vogel Award for young adult novel, won by Cybele's Secret. To find out about what I'm currently writing, visit the Work in Progress page.

Related links: You'll find links to interviews on the Extras page. Also, check my regular contributions to genre writers' Blog, Writer Unboxed.