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Natalie was raised by her mother and grandmother in a house full of books and love. She was taught to believe that she can do anything. Happily, in her imagination, this is true.

It’s inevitable, with an imagination like this, that she’d like telling stories. One of her first efforts was called ‘Pansy in the Land of the Soapsuds’. Ok she was eight when she wrote it. She rapidly moved on to ripping off Agatha Christie – with a touch of romance! But her stories came to a halt when she was knocked by the death of her grandmother, and then some over developed critical faculties, courtesy of a BA in English, put her off writing her own stuff for some time. Like years. During this time she worked, travelled, kissed a few frogs and then found her very own King (who wants a prince when you can have a king?).

Returning to New Zealand to have kids she realised she really needed something for herself – creatively, and to tie her ambition to. In 2005 she started writing again and hasn’t stopped since. Never one to do thing by halves she was fortunate enough to sell her first submission to Mills & Boon right at the time when she gave birth to her twin daughters.

She lives in Christchurch, New Zealand with her husband and four children.

You can watch a telly interview with her here: