lcconn

My life started in a small city in New Zealand. Upper Hutt is surrounded by hills and the perfect place for a kid to wander and explore. There were four of us kids in my family, three boys and me, the only girl. We wandered the hills and paddocks and swam in the river near our home. It was a wonderful way to grow up and set me up for the writer’s imagination. I first discovered my love of writing at the age 8, when I wrote a story for English class, about a hermit crab. But it wasn’t until much later that I would take what I thought was just a hobby and something fun to do, and turn it into a full novel. I married at the age of 26 to my wonderful husband and we have two beautiful children. We raised them in New Zealand until 2008, when we moved to Perth, Western Australia. I was a stay at home mum, caring for my family and dog and a breast cancer survivor, when the dream hit me. I kept mulling over that dream for a day or two and it wouldn’t go away, so I began to write. Seven novels later I had the series. And in between those seven I wrote other stories. The flood gates have been opened and I don’t want to close them. I love writing, it is a deep seated need in me to get these stories told.