Born in Denmark, my family migrated to Australia in 1957, where I grew up in the small country town of Yallourn. After finishing school in 1970, I studied at Monash University for a Bachelor of Science in botany and genetics. From 1975 to 1984, I worked in a variety of professions, including youth work and teaching. Returning to study, I completed a Graduate Diploma in applied social research at Swinburne University in Melbourne, then worked in politics and community development until I once again returned to study in 1989, this time obtaining a Graduate Diploma in information technology. Since then, until retirement in 2006, I worked in this field, finally spending nine years as an IT Manager with Monash University.

I now live in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne, and since retiring have spent more time enjoying photography and art, writing novels and an illustrated children’s book, short stories and poetry. My other life-long interests include gardening, interior decoration and the appreciation of pre-WWII architecture.