Authors

John Ahern

John was born in Brisbane, Queensland and grew up in Redcliffe where he roamed the beaches and played backyard cricket with his mates. His career spanned from mowing lawns and packing groceries to get through University; to being one of …

Manisha Jolie Amin

Manisha Jolie Amin was born in Kenya and moved to Australia with her family when she was five. Sydney is her home, although she travels frequently to both India and England to visit family. Manisha lives with her husband, son …

Barbara Angell

Barbara Angell has worked as an actress and a dancer-comedian with the Tivoli Circuit, which took her to the UK in 1959-60 where she began writing comedy sketches, music and lyrics. She then spent twenty-plus years writing and performing for …

Fletcher Anthony

Fletcher Anthony is the pseudonym of J.H Fletcher. John Fletcher was born in London and has lived in France, Asia and Africa. He now lives in a small farming community in southern Australia. His plays have been produced for radio …

Selwa Anthony

As well as being a literary agent, Selwa is an author in her own right, and has co-authored a number of books.…

Franca Arena

Genoa-born Franca migrated to Australia in 1959. She was the first woman from a non-English-speaking background elected to the NSW Parliament, and server as a member of the Australian Parliament for 17 years. Franca has been a crusader all her …

Diane Armstrong

Diane Armstrong is a Polish-born journalist whose family memoir Mosaic, a Chronicle of Five Generations, was nominated for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and for the National Biography award. A best-seller in Australia, it was also acclaimed in the …

Bunty Avieson

Bunty Avieson worked for 20 years as a journalist on newspapers and magazines in Australia and Britain. She was editor of Woman’s Day and Editorial Director of New Idea, winning three Magazine Publishers Association Awards. She is a Williamson fellow …

Jennifer Bacia

Jennifer Bacia’s first novel Shadows of Power sold for a record advance, was a lead title in the UK and hit the best seller lists. Her novels have been published internationally and her short stories appear regularly in magazines such …

Bessie Bardot

Bessie Bardot began Australia’s biggest body model agency, she has been a TV anchor for channel ten and fox sports. She had a top rating, talkback radio show on Triple M and is a regular columnist for two magazines. Bessie’s …

Geoff Barker

Geoff Barker left his career as a Green Beret in the UK Marines at 19 years of age and worked his passage to Sydney on board ship. The son of a naval captain, he became a household name when he …

Rozzi Bazzani

Rozzi Bazzani was a successful singer and studio artist for many years before she turned to writing full time. In addition to spending years of her life researching Hector and Dorothy Crawford’s lives, she co-wrote the musicals Gershwin, The Musical…

Gail Bell

Drawing on her background as a practising pharmacist, educator, writer, and lover of elegant prose, Gail Bell has written her first full-length work of non-fiction, The Poison Principle, which was published in June 2001 by Picador and went straight …

Craig Bennett

Craig Bennett is an entertainment reporter and has written for a variety of publications including the Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph. He is a regular on television and he can be heard on radio across Australia and New Zealand …

Annarosa Berman

Annarosa Berman is a journalist with several years’ experience writing about women’s issues and the arts. After a career as women’s and features editor on newspapers in South Africa and New Zealand, she was appointed editor of the Sydney classical …

Catherine Bird

Catherine is a Sydney-based qualified Aromatherapist, Medical Herbalist and Massage Therapist specializing in treating animals. She has written two books about natural therapies for horses.…

Milton Black

Milton is one of Australia’s leading astrologers. Milton has written several astrology books, including Dreamtime Horoscopes, as well as a yearly zodiac guide.…

Indigo Bloome

Indigo Bloome is married with two children. She has lived and worked in Australia and the United Kingdom, with a successful career in the finance industry. Indigo recently traded city life with a move to regional Australia, which provided her …

Emma Boling

Emma Boling has been heavily involved in the Australian racing industry for many years. She has raced and bred numerous horses and has been fortunate enough to win both Group and Listed races. Emma is a committee member of the …

Royce Bond

Royce Bond is the author of Mars Attack, The Case of the Smelly Armpit and Spare Body Parts, a young readers’ guide to science in the real world. He is also a teacher at Capella State School. He …