Caroline examines a stolen map. And there she finds it, at the edge of the Western Hemisphere, a black mark at the 30th latitude smaller than a flea: Norfolk Island. Her Aunt thinks she’s a fool for wanting to follow her father to the other side of the world. He is no longer the man […]
A young woman with a mysterious past searches for her father—who has committed an unspeakable crime—in an exquisitely lush historical novel set among the champagne vines of 19th-century Australia. Van Diemen’s Land, 1839. A young woman of means arrives in Hobart, Australia, with a boy in her care. Leasing an old cottage next to an […]
Thank you to all the wonderful interviewers who shared the launch of A Great Act of Love with me through October. We began with Mel Kembrey in Hobart for the offical Tasmanian launch, then moved to Kate Evans in Sydney and Brisbane, Michaela Kalowski in Sydney, Jason Steger at Queenscliff, Sarah MacDonald at Avalon, Caro […]
Murder, theft, reinvention and redemption – a novel of family, legacy and love. Listen to Heather talk about ‘A Great Act of Love’ on Radio National with Claire Nichols. Read Helen Elliott’s review in The Age. Photograph by Sarah Enticknap.
Just when you thought you’d escaped a possible future, it’s back – in this beautiful new design. Family, intrigue, politics, globalism and the rare beauty of a remote home … Described as ‘more a hand grenade than a book’ by Rohan Wilson in The Australian – here is Tasmania on the world stage … while […]
Newly released and in bookstores now! My first novel White Heart … published in 1999 and out of print for many years – but now in this beautiful edition. A novel of the magic of childhood and the poignant transition to adulthood for Farley Willow and her brother Ambrose. While Ambrose searches for evidence of […]
The River Wife is now published in this beautifully designed new edition. The River Wife is the story of a woman who is a fish by night and a woman by day, but when love comes to the river, everything changes. This is the second of my backlist to be published afresh by Allen & […]
Twenty years after being published by UQP, and continuously in print, Allen & Unwin has acquired the award-winning The Butterfly Man. A crime fiction novel like no other.
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here is currently shortlisted for the Premier’s Prize for Non-fiction in the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. It is always very special to be recognised for your work in your home territory. Tasmania has been the wellspring of all my writing. The prizes are biennial – so this is a late and […]
