She completed a Bachelor of Arts from Griffith University in 2009 and spent much of 2010 volunteering with the Activ Foundation providing recreation and travel programs for adults with an intellectual disability. She has raised four children, taught English in China, sung at weddings and funerals, driven across Australia in her Kombi van and plans more adventures as she travels through her sixties. She now resides in Mandurah, where she walks to cafés and concerts, goes swimming, rides her bike and feels blessed to have six beautiful grandchildren, a loving partner and a wonderful life. On a Hook Behind the Door is her first collection of poetry. 978 1 74027 713 6, 70pp, $18.50