Indie author, Blatantly inept skier, Breaker of irons
Why hello there!
I am an indie author hailing from sunny Western Australia. Having held senior roles in marketing, digital strategy and media operations, I decided to dust off the well-worn notebooks where I first began penning novels and actively pursue my passion for writing.
With Perth being the most isolated city in the world, us West Aussies love to spread our wings and embark upon working holidays – essentially to acquaint ourselves with the concept of ‘winter’.
This led to me spending the better part of a year working in the UK. Unlike my main character, I didn’t meet a mysterious bartender on the rooftop of my hostel. I did, however, learn just how many historical monuments have treacherously narrow staircases, whilst somehow managing to avoid sharing a house with 15 other people.
I’ve also been fortunate to spend a season living amongst the flakes of Canada (the flurry kind), discovering that if you fail to nail the dismount on the village chairlift and end up in hysterical laughter, it is impossible to return to an upright skiing position, eliciting further hysterics and trapping you in an infinite chairlift-face-plant-laughter continuum.
Yet nothing compares with the beach sunsets, photogenic quokkas and blue skies of hometown Perth.
When not pondering my next storyline, I am an ardent U2 fan, ‘hard-core’ Pilates enthusiast, and the only person I know who can make any garment more creased by attempting to iron it. Even a handheld steamer crumbled before the might of this superpower.
I enjoy writing stories that combine sprinklings of mystery with dashes of witty repartee, enhanced with quivers of arrows, clamouring swords and the odd suit of shining Armani. Add a pinch of shenanigans, a dollop of tomfoolery and heat with generous lashings of swoony romance.
Beneath the Sleepless Stars and Shards of a Moonlit Mask form my urban fantasy romance series, the Starcast Duology.
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Charisse Nicolle 