Author Profiles

Author Profiles


 Meet My Indie Authors

Leisa Fail

The Adventures of Stormy Normy

Immerse your young readers in the magical world of The Adventures of Stormy Normy, created by Leisa Fail. Leisa's blend of imagination and passion for horses makes this series a must-read for young minds and horse enthusiasts alike... 


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Wendy Pym

Raven and the Witch Series

Coming Soon..


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Kirsty Nancarrow

Himalayan Dreams: The Story of Som Tamang

Kirsty is An award-winning journalist with almost 30 years' media experience. Kirsty reported for ABC News and Current Affairs on radio, television, and online in Sydney, Darwin, Alice Springs, and Far North Queensland. She has mentored some of the ABC's top journalists...


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George Mallory

The Unexpected Heiress

George Mallory's literary journey is a testament to the transformative power of storytelling. Born in Serbia and raised in Australia, his multicultural background offers a unique perspective that enriches the tapestry of his narratives... 


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Rod Besley

Tom Jackson Legal Thrillers

Step into the enthralling world of legal thrillers crafted by the masterful storyteller, Rod Besley. Hailing from Australia, Rod's unique background as an esteemed lawyer infuses his writing with a deep understanding of legal intricacies... 


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Kimberley Anne

Make You Mine Romance Series

Delve into the Imagination of Kimberley Anne, a master weaver of captivating tales that ignite the imagination and touch the heart. With a pen that dances between the realms of romance and passion, Kimberley brings stories to life that leave readers breathless for more...


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Jill Knell

The Meditation Activist's Travel Guide

Jill Knell is a SOUL Facilitator and Soothe-Sayer with many years of meditation practice in her backpack...


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Vanessa McCarthy

101 Assessment Tips

Vanessa McCarthy has over 20 years’ experience in the vocational education and training sector within a wide variety of compliance roles, where she specialises in assessment compliance...



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Renee Hayes

Rim Walker Novels

Fantasy Weaver | Wordsmith | Dream Architect. Immerse yourself in worlds of magic and mystery with Publishers Weekly rising-star author Renee Hayes. As a true dream architect, Renee crafts captivating tales that transport readers to realms where the extraordinary becomes reality...


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Paul Innes

Make or Break

Now living in the tropical paradise of Cairns, Far North Queensland, Paul Innes was born in Darlinghurst, Sydney. He began an acting career before sustaining a spinal injury while swimming in Kuranda at age 20 that caused quadriplegia...


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Phil Muirhead

The Believer: A Univiah Novel

Looking back over his life if he had to sum up his past, Phil would describe it as a life of ‘colourful turbulence’. Turbulence out of which the compelling Univian series arose....


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Dominique Layt

Become a Life-Changing Leader

Dominique Layt has over 30 years' experience in financial services at three ASX Top 20 companies. In her book, she reveals what works and what doesn't when leading teams in diverse environments.


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Lyndell Casella

The Greater Good Trilogy

Lyndell Casella grew up in Far North Queensland, Australia. She always remembers the thrill of learning to read. Words sparked her imagination and together they became a doorway into another world – an enchanted world...


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Marge Foley

Mobile Midwives

Marge is passionate about increasing the options of care available for pregnant women that will result in women being joyful and satisfied with their birth experience. Her memoir Mobile Midwives: Transforming Birth Options gives readers an insight into her remarkable midwifery journey...


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Karen Lang

Moving Moments

Karen’s passion and purpose are to guide people out of their limiting stories and into their fullest potential. She has spoken on grief at seminars and has run grief workshops for teenagers and adults...


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D.S. Hodges

The Man With a Spare Room in His Head

D. S. Hodges lives in Cairns, Australia with his wife Angela and two children. He is owned by a cat who sits on a chair next to him as he writes. Dave is hoping the cat will one day provide inspiration, but all the cat ever does is sleep...


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Linda Dowling

Red Dust Novel Series

Linda Dowling is an award-winning and #1 bestselling debut author. She grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. During her childhood, she spent most of her time in rural areas and fell in love with the Indigenous Aboriginal culture...

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Chris Shaw

Counterpunch | The Imposter

Chris Shaw was born in 1939 in Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK. He is a prize-winning writer, and his stories have also been featured in The Weekend Australian. With his family, he emigrated to Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia, in 1973, working as a retail pharmacist until he retired in 2009.....


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Esther Daniell

Secret Cat Business Series

Esther Daniell is a South Australian author. Her debut novel is Secret Cat Business Volume 1: 7 Steps to a Meowingly Good Life. Since childhood, she has enjoyed writing and creating stories...

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Stephen Chong

Bodies of Consequence

Stephen Chong M.Ed. is a highly sought-after speaker and author. Stephen’s many books have provided guidance and motivation to countless readers through his inspirational messages...

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Lesley Van Staveren

Be Your Own Hero

Lesley Van Staveren was born and raised in greater London but emigrated to Cairns, Australia in 2007. She has three young children, and her vision is to contribute to a socially and environmentally conscious world for future generations to thrive in...


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Dean Quirke 

Toxic Love

Dean specialises in men’s health and wellbeing, primary prevention education and community development. His area of expertise is in the use of behavioural science and primary prevention... 

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Dr E.M. Martin

Journey Beyond the Self

Educated in Singapore, Hawaii, Paris and Australia, Dr E.M. Martin is the consummate professional and holds three university degrees, including one in the medical science field.

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Jenny Overton

Listen to the Silence

Jennifer Cynthia Overton was a gifted and remarkable woman. In writing about her journey with cancer, her humanity and her spirit come through very strongly.  

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Peter Griffiths

We Are Life

Author Peter Griffiths has condensed seventy-five years of life experience and observation into his debut book We Are Life. With uncanny insight, he provides theories on some of life’s fundamental questions...


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Kerry Kirwan 

Bloom & Burn

Kerry is dedicated to serving the divine and is open to supporting many on their spiritual journey of awakening. She is dedicated to those who desire to realise who they are, to ‘Bloom & Burn’ beyond all that is limiting...

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Indira Haracic-Novic

Toxic Love

Indira is a clinical psychologist and has worked at STARTTS (NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) since 1996. She provides counselling treatment for the victims of torture, rape and abuse... 

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Tora Zophia Silverhøj 

Multiple Books

Tora Zophia (Susana Mei) Silverhøj is an energy seer and intuitive starseed, a passionate and transformational visionary, author, speaker, energy master, and mentor dedicated to raising the level of consciousness and love on our planet...

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David Hull

Born Again

David Hull is a local Cairns author. He has drawn on his own experiences at the hands of bullies in his debut novel Born Again...

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Ulrika Karlsson

Holy F*ck & Sacred Water

Ulrika has studied yoga and other holistic disciplines for more than 28 years. Her vision is to contribute to a more beautiful, free, conscious, and loving world for all of us to live in together. 

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Jon Manning

Overcoming Floccinaucinihilipilification

JON MANNING has vast experience in value-based pricing, gained in technology, and a range of other industries... 


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E Gabriell

Pompadou- Fully illustrated children's book

Step through a cloud of scented powder and into the Hall of Mirrors.

Reflect upon le bon, le mal et le horreur!

Lift the wig on King Louis XIV...




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 Books Edited for Other Publishers

Holy F*ck and Sacred Water by Tora Zophia Silverhøj and Ullrika Karlsson

Holy F*ck and Sacred Water: The Secret Connections to Everything is bold, cocky, and politically and socially incorrect. It is divinely channeled and imprinted with sacred codes. This book will either have you say “F*ck YES!” or it will piss you off. Or maybe even both. It contains very raw and vulnerable personal stories, scientific information, ancient wisdom, taboo topics, and “conspiracy” theories.


You will come to understand the importance of purifying your own water and using your passionate fire to live your true potential. Life is a multidimensional journey to master empowerment, freedom, and flow in our everyday lives. We can master these by unifying our inner spark with sacred water. This then creates the magical life force within us or what we call “The Holy F*ck".

The Order of Elysium by Dean P.R. Buswell

Angels and demons have been waging their wars for aeons in the aetheric realms. Now this war has come to Earth. The Order of Elysium is a group of fighters keeping the earth from falling into shadow. The Order’s wardens used to be regular humans, but upon death, were deemed worthy by angels to serve their cause: fighting a war against darkness.


A war the angels and humans are in danger of losing. This fast-paced, action-packed fantasy novel, book one in The Aetheric Wars Trilogy, will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about angels, demons and humanity. The lines between the dark and the light become more blurred with every turn of the page. Who can really be trusted?


Piggy Tales by Graham Burridge 

A tongue-in-cheek police memoir full of funny stuff, amusing stuff, horrifying stuff and stuff you simply won't believe. Tall tales, yarns and anecdotes gathered during a 40-year career in policing throughout Queensland that will make you laugh, cry, gasp and say, ‘Nooooo, that surely couldn't happen!’ But it did!


Most importantly, you'll gain an insight into the dark side of everyday coppers doing everyday things every day. Buzzy dedicated almost forty years’service to communities throughout Queensland, Australia - policing towns and cities across the length and breadth of this vast state.


Pembrim by Bree Lenehan

There had been whispers of a magical hidden alcove within the Fenix Forest of Ameral Alley for years, but according to legend, no one had ever found it. Until now. Seventeen-year-old Halia Bodine, a girl with a medically baffling rare lung disease, begins dreaming of a map that leads her to the hidden alcove of Moa’s Rock.


In the depths of this magical alcove exists the vibrant underwater world of M’deia, with its hunter tribes, alluring creatures, ghastly beasts, and untouched lands. After a fated encounter with Luka, a M’deian boy in exile from his clan, Halia enters this mythical underwater world. Once there, she learns that her illness ceases to exist, that she loves without reciprocation, and the cold truth of her parents’ death.


Goodness, Grace & Great Thoughts On Fire: How to Embrace the 7 Billion Shades of You by Susana Mei Silverhoj

Have you ever asked yourself the questions: What is life about, who am I and how can I feel whole and free? Goodness, Grace & Great Thoughts on Fire invites you to experience and expand your perception of life into something greater than good or bad, positive and negative. In this book you will learn that all is good — for the highest good!


In this illuminating volume, Susana Mei Silverhøj has opened her heart to awaken you to loving yourself — exactly as you are — by telling personal stories that you can relate to. These stories will help you to remember your uniqueness and to embrace both your light and shadows in all their many shades. The “feel-good menu” of 33 personal, brutally truthful and transformational stories will help you pick and choose what gifts resonate with you on your journey — the journey of creating magic and awesomeness in your life. 


Trust Holds the Key by Helene McCarthy 

This story is set in colonial Melbourne a year after the military attack at the Eureka Stockade and just before the colony of Victoria elects its first Parliament. Powerful and wealthy Lord Charles Webster hopes to be elected.


Charles meets beautiful Leah Reece who is Jewish. Social and cultural factors appear likely to keep these two apart as the local Rabbi causes difficulties and accuses Leah’s father of murder. Can independent Leah and dashing Charles find happiness together?


Unexpected Destiny by Helene McCarthy 

Unexpected Destiny is a tale of tender love between two young people who meet in unexpected ways. Professor Robert McAllister hears Charlotte Rose present a talk, and is immediately smitten. Charlotte is a respected journalist who publishes under a man’s name.


Although Robbie knew the journalist was a woman, he pictured her as a plump middle-aged woman. Imagine his surprise to find that Charlotte is not only intelligent, but also young and very beautiful. While the two fall deeply in love, there is a terrible secret that must be revealed and dealt with before they can make a life together.

The Only Love We Keep by Helene McCarthy 

After a terrible tragedy in his life, solicitor Jake Anderson moves to Southport near Brisbane, just before the opening of the new railway, to begin a new life. Southport, a new township north of Brisbane, seems like the ideal place for him.


On his first day in the town, he rescues a young woman and her two brothers from an accident in their buggy. While both feel immediate attraction, it takes Jake quite some time to decide what do about beautiful Caroline Arnett. Does he have the courage to love again? Will she have to be content with just loving him as a friend?

Born Again by David Hull

Seventeen-year-old Dane can't take it anymore. Tormented at school, ignored by his teachers, and with no friends to speak of, he attempts to leave his cruel life behind. However, a chance encounter with Addison, a young artist with her own painful past, opens the doors to a life beyond his daily misery.

With guidance from Addison and her two closest friends ‒ Sandra, outspoken and fierce, and Pearce, caring and loyal ‒ Dane begins his process of healing. With their help, he has the chance to make a new beginning, and Dane is born again into a world of compassion, friendship and self-confidence.

Southern Cross Gypsies by Clive Richmond

Have you ever felt totally free? With nothing to worry about, not a care in the world, nothing to lose and nowhere you have to be? Have you ever done something totally reckless, just because you can? Clive and Mandy Richmond know that feeling. In 1979 they left on a trip around Australia. They set off in an HQ Holden station wagon with all their worldly possessions, not much money, no real plans and no real idea where we were going. They worked their way around Australia, and then just kept on going around again. During that time they married and raised two kids. Between them, they have had about one hundred jobs.


They lived and worked on seven cattle stations, were married on one of them, and generally lived and worked in remote areas or country towns. There were good times and bad, and some dark, dangerous days that they were lucky to survive. But overall, it has been a great life – unrestrained and untameable, never burning a bridge, and yet full of the adventure of new horizons and that addictive feeling of freedom. You could call them gypsies, drifters, wanderers, lost souls or whatever, and you would probably be right.

Introducing Career Education and Development by Colin MCowan OAM, Malcolm McKenzie, Mansi Shah

Introducing Career Education and Development focuses on taking a proactive approach to helping young people manage their own career development. It advocates implementing a program of activities in educational institutions to assist them to develop the understanding, attitudes, skills, and experiences to be able to make informed career decisions and take deliberate career-related actions throughout their lives.
 
This book highlights the importance of introducing an effective Career Education and Development (CED) program in educational institutions. It advocates for such a program not only in support of the growth and development of individuals, but also in support of workforce, social justice, economic, and national imperatives.

Weight Off Your Mind: How to Change Your Mind About Your Body by Dr Katie Richard

A scientific, evidence-based approach to end binge eating, improve body image, and facilitate weight management using hypnosis and other mind power methods.


Weight Off Your Mind: How to Change Your Mind About Your Body is for you if:

  • You've failed with diets or haven't been able to stick to other slimming programs.
  • You're frustrated, upset, or even depressed about your body shape.
  • You would like to lose weight (whether it's 5 kg or 50 kgs) and keep it off.
  • You want your slimming journey to be easier.


Whether one, two, or all of the above is what you're after, imagine achieving your slimming goal with the step-by-step guidelines in Weight Off Your Mind!


One Woman's Miracle: Everyone's Journey: My Amazing Journey from Death Back to Life

Do you want to learn the secret of having a happy, pain-free, and emotionally stable life, of realising and understanding what this Third Dimension we call Earth is really about?

Read the fascinating true life story of one woman’s quest through many emotional ups and downs, heartbreak, and an operation that led to a near-death experience, which changed her whole life and how she perceived it. This experience led her to wake up to who she really is and what our lives on Earth are all about.

Don’t miss reading her fascinating, controversial story that will enable you to understand and deal with many situations that come up in our lives. Sylvia Martin shows you how adversity can be a wonderful gift that helps to release inner secrets and fears, through acceptance and understanding of the circumstance.
One Woman’s Miracle: Everyone’s Journey will change the way you live and look at your life, and lead you to inner peace and love.

Awakening to Spirit: Investigations into contemplative and ecstatic practices in the healing of human consciousness by Dr Juliette Lachemeier

Despite unprecedented advances in technology, education, economic growth and material wealth, experience is showing that we have never been so stressed, paranoid and disconnected from God, nature and life’s greater meaning.


To reconnect with these essential aspects of ourselves, it is becoming increasingly important to take individual responsibility for aligning ourselves with a more transpersonal awareness. Awakening to Spirit, a doctoral research project, delivers scientifically, neurologically and psychologically substantiated spiritual practices suitable to, and more easily integrated with, our present-day culture and demands.


Surprisingly, it was the shock of motherhood to the author’s previously ordered life that provided the catalyst for this research, given the difficulties she faced in integrating her former spiritual practices into this new chaos. The resulting research and metaphysical journey detailed in this work is an informative read for anyone interested in furthering their understanding of the nature of consciousness and reconnecting to the divine source of all awareness.


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