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I am truly blessed to live by the beach on the east coast of Australia. I am following my lifelong dream of writing and discovering that readers love reading my stories as much as I love writing them is awesome. It's what keeps me at my desk each day when the garden and the beach are calling to me!
My inspiration comes from the natural beauty of our Australian landscapes and I'm passionate about raising awareness of the need to preserve the pristine areas that surround us. Come on over and listen to this interview on Reading Radio to find out more about my writing life. Click here I also enjoy working with aspiring authors and working on social media to raise awareness of Australia Rural Fiction. Along with Darry Fraser, I am a co-founder of the quickly growing Australian and New Zealand Rural Fiction website and Facebook group. https://www.australianruralfiction.com/ AWARDS Winner (Larapinta) - Book of the Year, Long Romance, RWA Ruby awards 2023 Book of the Year (Whitsunday Dawn) Ausrom Readers’ Choice Awards 2018. Finalist (Whitsunday Dawn) -ARRA romantic suspense 2018 Finalist - NZ KORU award 2018 and 2020. Winner - Best Established Author of the Year 2017 AUSROM. Longlisted - Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Finalist (Kakadu Sunset) - Book of the Year, Long Romance, RWA Ruby awards 2016. Winner - Best Established Author of the Year 2015 AUSROM. Winner - Author of the Year 2014 AUSROM. I'm also published internationally in e-books in the romance genre, and in 2015 and 2017 was voted Best Established Australian Author by romance readers in the AusRom Today Readers' Choice Awards. In 2016 Kakadu Sunset was shortlisted for the Ruby Award in the category of best long romance. Browse my books on the books tab above... or here https://www.annieseaton.net/books.html Each winter, Ian and I leave the beach to roam the remote areas of Australia for story ideas and research. In winter last year, we explored outback Queensland. In 2021 and 2022, we travelled to North Queensland for the winter, as far as Cooktown and Karumba. In 2019, the Murray, the Barossa Valley, Alice Springs and Ruby Gap. My love of books, reading and writing, began even before I started school and I discovered libraries! My skills were developed in "composition" classes during primary school and continued throughout the completion of an English and History degree. I am delighted that my books are now available in bookstores AND on library shelves! You can contact me at [email protected] AWARDS Winner -RUBY Award - (Larapinta) Book of the Year, Long Romance, RWA Ruby awards 2023. Book of the Year (Whitsunday Dawn) Ausrom Readers’ Choice Awards 2018. Finalist (Whitsunday Dawn) -ARRA romantic suspense 2018 Finalist - NZ KORU Award 2018 and 2020. Winner - Best Established Author of the Year 2017 AUSROM. Longlisted - Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Finalist (Kakadu Sunset) - Book of the Year, Long Romance, RWA Ruby awards 2016. Winner - Best Established Author of the Year 2015 AUSROM. Winner - Author of the Year 2014 AUSROM. |
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