USBBY Outstanding International Books Honour List

I am thrilled to learn that The Garden of Empress Cassia US edition is on the USBBY 2012 Outstanding International Books Honour List.

I am thrilled to learn that The Garden of Empress Cassia US edition is on the USBBY 2012 Outstanding International Books Honour List.

How did you get your first book published?
My first several books were written under pseudonyms. They were romance stories for teenage readers, quite formulaic and simple. Read the rest of this entry »

Today is the first day of the Year of the Dragon. Happy New Year everyone! I have a feeling that it is going to be good.
What the year is looking like so far. Read the rest of this entry »
The other day we drove to Warburton, to the upper reaches of the Yarra. The Yarra River begins on the flanks of Mt Baw Baw and flows 245 kilometers to Melbourne emptying out in Port Phillip Bay. Read the rest of this entry »
As we come to the end of 2011, I reflect on the year that was.

In May, our daughter Lei Lei left home to live in New York. She has been away before on a gap year in France after Year 12, Read the rest of this entry »

The main joy of Christmas for us is getting together on Christmas day for a big family feast. We don’t do presents except for KK, so there’s no rushing around having to go shopping at the last moment, Read the rest of this entry »