Finding Serendipity

Before embarking on the Tuesday McGillycuddy series, Heather Rose was already the author of three novels for adults: White Heart, The Butterfly Man and The River Wife. Heather started working life as a freelance writer before becoming an advertising copywriter in Melbourne. She has won numerous international advertising creative awards. Heather has also been shortlisted, longlisted or won awards for her novels in crime fiction, literary fiction, fantasy and children’s fiction.

Heather has three grown-up children and a magical black cat. She lives by the sea in Tasmania. Her latest novel for adults is The Museum of Modern Love. You can find out more about Heather at www.heatherrose.com.au.

Before Danielle Wood invited Heather Rose to collaborate on the Tuesday McGillycuddy series, she was also an author of an adult novel, The Alphabet of Light and Dark (2002 Australian/Vogel Literary Award), a collection of short fiction: Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls. She also wrote the biography Housewife Superstar: the very best of Marjorie Bligh and is editor of Marjorie Bligh’s HOME: Hints on Managing Everything and co-editor of Deep South: Stories from Tasmania. She has recently published a new collection of stories – Mothers’ Grimm.

Danielle started working life as a journalist but now teaches writing at the University of Tasmania. She lives with her husband, John, three wild and wonderful children, one smart kelpie called Scout, several pedigree guinea pigs, two rats and many thousands of bees. You can find out more about Danielle at www.daniellewood.com.au