The McDuling family migrated to Australia in 1994. Once settled in Brisbane, Grant wrote a book on classic motorcycling in Australia, and a children s book called Ollie Saves The Day. Grant has changed genre for his fourth book. This black horror novel, The Vortex and the Leech, is an adult supernatural saga that spans many centuries from early Aboriginal times to the present. It is set in Australia and due to be completed shortly.
Grant earns a living writing magazine features, predominantly on motoring and science.
He also runs a boutique public relations consultancy with his wife Lorna. This is the story of an Irish migrant family and their struggle to buy their own stud farm in Australia towards the end of the 19 th Century. Kieran O'Reilly, the 14 year old son of a horse breeder and trainer, is delighted when his father, Dermot, secures a deal to rent a run-down stud farm on the Darling Downs from Old Man Purcell, a wealthy and unscrupulous Englishman who is shedding his farms to buy into a local brewery. The rent is high and much needs to be done on the farm. And to make matters worse, Purcell has laid down stringent conditions to the deal, the most crucial of which is a payment deadline.