While completing her PhD at Wollongong University, she published numerous academic articles in psychological journals. In 2000, after many years of researching her family history as a hobby, Carol began writing novels based on the lives of her ancestors, going back to the First Fleet of convicts sent to Australia in 1788. Suzannah’s Gold was the first of those stories to be published in 2007, and has just been re- released. Other titles are Mary’s guardians, Charlotte’s Angel, Tangled Secrets, Truly Free, Rebecca’s Dream, The Price of Peace, The Face of Forgiveness.