Authors: W-Z

Sarah Walker
Sarah has published five novels - Simple Things, The Year of Freaking Out, Camphor Laurel, the Tin Man and Water Colours. Camphor Laurel won the Children's Book Council Honour Book of the Year in 1999.

Sorrel Wilby
Sorrel is a travel photographer, documentary maker, TV presenter, and writer. She has published many travel guides and travel photography books.

Lynne Wilding
Lynne began writing seriously in 1981, and her first novel, The Sheikh, was published internationally in 1991. She has continued to write bestsellers, with Heart of the Outback, Whispers Through the Pines, Turn Left at Bindi Creek, and This Time Forever and its sequel, 52 Waratah Avenue, being outstanding successes. In 2003 King of Cane Valley was awarded a literary award from the NSW Society of Women Writers and Outback Sunset, published in 2004, has gone into its third printing. March 2005 will see the release of The Topaz Brooch, commissioned for the Woman’s Day fiction series. Lynne lives in Sydney.

Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins is an award-winning author who was born in London and grew up at the seaside in Queensland. She has degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing, and her books are published all over the world. She has won four Aurealis Awards.  Her novels include Angel of Ruin, The Autumn Castle, Giants of the Frost and Rosa and the Veil of Gold.  She also writes for young adults and children. Kim lives in Brisbane with her husband, her son Luka and baby daughter Astrid. Visit Kim's website at kimwilkins.com, or email Kim at mail@kimwilkins.com

Diana Williams
Diana was a high-flying Wall Street career woman looking for something more in her life when she quit her job and went to outback Australia. She married Ron Williams, an Aboriginal leader and toured outback Australia. Horizon is Where Heaven and Earth Meet is Diana's inspiring autobiography.

Nadine Williams
Award-winning journalist Nadine Williams forged an eclectic career over her nineteen years at Adelaide's The Advertiser, focusing on social issues, women's and relationships between the sexes. While she was Adelaide's gossip columnist, her 'PS' and 'Life etc.' columns enjoyed wide readership. She is now chief reporter for the popular Boomer magazine for readers over fifty. Nadine has been awarded the Centenary Medal and the Mitchell Media-Award. Nadine has a Certificate in Public Relations and a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism).

Sue Williams
Sue Williams is an Australian journalist and columnist who has written for most of the country's leading newspapers and magazines. She has written a travel book, Getting There - Journeys of an Accidental Adventurer, co-authored a motivational women's health guide, Powering Up, contributed to a collection of short stories, Love, Obsession, Secrets & Lies, a biography of former NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan, Peter Ryan: The Inside Story, and the biography of Father Chris Riley, Mean Streets Kind Heart: The Father Chris Riley Story and co-wrote, with partner Jimmy Thomson, Apartment Living: The Complete Guide to Buying, Renting, Surviving and Thriving in Apartments. Sue continued the Father Chris Riley story with another book in 2005, World Beyond Tears: The ongoing Father Chris Riley Story. Early in 2006, her first crime book was published, And Then The Darkness: the disappearance of Peter Falconio and the trials of Joanne Lees which went straight onto the non-fiction best-sellers list. The same year, The Spirit of Australia was released, which she co-wrote with Selwa Anthony. In 2008, Women of the Outback: inspiring true stories of tragedy and triumph came out and quickly went into its fifth reprint. Visit Sue's website at suewilliams.com.au

Tess Williams
Tess is a science fiction fantasy author with several short stories and novella published. Her second book, Sea As Mirror, was shortlisted for the prestigious James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award in 2000.

Diana Young

Louise Zaetta
Louise grew up in rural Victoria, and has always written - as contributor to magazines and newspapers, as copywriter, and as author of two books, For Christ's Sake, and Land of Gold and Silver.