Resume
Qualifications:- 2001-Present Freelance Writer
- 2011-Present Tutor, Creative Writing (CECC and Camp
Creative, Bellingen)
- 2001 MA Professional Writing (UTS)
- 1990 Graduate Diploma Social
Ecology (UWS)
- 1988-1993 Principal, Libby Sommer Productions Pty
Ltd
- 1977-1988 Assistant Producer, Dramas and
Documentaries (ABC TV)
Awards:
- Lost in Cooper Park (novel) notable entry Disquiet Literary Contest 2018
- Lost In Cooper Park (novel) notable entry Seizure's Viva La Novella Competition 2018
- My Year With Sammy, (novella) winner Society of Women Writer's Fiction Book Award 2016
- The Foreign Speaker novel-in-progress made Final Shortlist of Varuna Residential Fellowship 2016
- My Year With Sammy, (novella) one of six shortlisted manuscripts in Seizure's Viva La Novella Competition 2015
- My Year With Sammy, (novella) longlisted for the Mslexia Memoir Competition in the UK in 2014
- It's Pot Luck When You Live In A Unit, winning entry in the UTS Alumni Short Story Competition 2014
- Morning Storm, Outstanding Essay Certificate, Black
Dog Institute 2008
- Joint winner Waverley
Council Haiku Contest January 2007
- The Usual Story (novel), Emerging
Writers Grant for New Work, Literature Board, Australia Council, October
2006
- The Usual Story (novel) short-listed
for Varuna/Harper Collins Award for Manuscript Development, February 2005
- The Usual Story (novel), Emerging Writers Grant for
New Work, Literature Board, Australia Council, October 2004
- Stories from Bondi (novel) short-shortlisted for Varuna/Harper
Collins Award for Manuscript Development. February 2003
- Stories from Bondi (novel) developed as part of Varuna Emerging
Writer’s Mentorship Program with Amanda Lohrey, (Australia Council) August
2000
- Stories from Bondi (novel) shortlisted and highly commended for the
DJ O’Hearn MemorialFellowshipWriter-in-ResidencyMelbourne University 2000
- It’s All in the Rhythm (story) shortlisted CanberraNatShortStoryAwards 1999
- Bronte Café (poem) shortlisted Waverley Council Shifting Sands Comp 1998
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