sentences:  She studied at university in Sydney, and has worked as an editor, a colleges and university teacher, and as an author.She now lives in Lismore in northern New South Wales.Her novel "Loving Athena" (2001) won a Notable Book title in the Australian Children's Book Council Awards in 1998; and her novel "Mahalia" (2001) won an Honour Book title in the same awards in 2002.