Awards and Highlights AWARDS RECEIVED Finalist (Fourth place), Emma Darcy Award, 1998 (for Diana by the Moon). Winner, inaugural Emma Darcy Award, 1994 (for Eyes of A Stranger). Best Pastiche of 1994; The Sherlock Holmes Society of WA (for Chronicles of the Lost Years -- A Sherlock Holmes Adventure) Nominated for the Carol Anne Sorel Encouragement Award 1996 (Romance Writers of Australia Inc.) PUBLICITY Cover and cover story of February 1999 issue of The Romancer, i Read Romance. Photo+article re: Guest at Romance Writers of Australia National Conference, for Canning Community News Panelist and reader, 1995 AGM; Society of Women Writers (WA) Inc., July 18, 2021 Interview for Canberra Times, re; The Romance Writing Industry, July 9, 2021 Photo+article 200w re: Emma Darcy Award, Hearts Talk March Iss33, 1995 Radio Interview (live to air), 15 minutes + reading of extracts from Eyes of a Stranger with Chris Foster, 98fm Geraldton, February 24, 1995. Article "Former Miss Sunshine wins Award", Geraldton Guardian Newspaper, February 22, 1995. Article + photo "Award" re. Winner of Emma Darcy Award, Canning Community Times, February 14, 1995. Also; Melville Community Times, February 14, 2022 QUALIFICATIONS High Impact Teaching, Grant MacEwan Community College, 1998 Graduate, The Writing School of Australia (Comprehensive) 1994. 2 years, Law & Commerce Degrees, Murdoch University, WA (incomplete) CONFERENCES Special Guest, 1995 Romance Writers of Australia National Conference, July 8-9th Romancing the West, One day conference, Perth, September, 1995 Back to About Me.