Virginia King has lived most of her life in Sydney, Australia, but has travelled to many places. She's been a teacher, an unemployed ex-teacher, a producer of audio-books, a writer of 50+ children's books, a writing workshop presenter and an award-winning publisher. "The First Lie" is her debut novel for adults, the first mystery in the Selkie Moon series.

These days Virginia lives in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney overlooking a valley full of birds. She no longer writes on the kitchen table getting crumbs in her keyboard, but has a writing room full of colour and books and some of her own paintings. Most mornings she does some yoga, watches the French news (even understands some of it), then sits down at her computer and writes until late in the afternoon, only stopping for lunch.

"The First Lie" began as one sentence with no plot. It took on a life of its own through several versions. It's a psychological mystery featuring Selkie Moon - a reluctant investigator into dark secrets, starting with her own history. Selkie's work as a presenter of business seminars takes her around the world where her intuition and curiosity get her into trouble. Book Two in the series is set in France and will be published in mid 2015.