Success Stories

From the Novelists' Circle group

Sandy Vaile

Carla Caruso

Sonya Spreen Bates

Suspense with attitude
Sandy Vaile is a motorbike-riding dare-devil who isn't content with a story unless there's a dead body, a courageous heroine, and a healing romance.

​Carla Caruso's media career has included stints as a newspaper and magazine journalist, government PR and fashion stylist. These days she's a talented fiction author. Her passion is for romantic comedies and cozy mysteries.

Sonya Bates is a multi-published author who writes for adults and children. Born in Canada, she now lives in South Australia, and closed her paediatric speech pathology practice to write full time.

Maggie Best

For inspiration Maggie Best sketches interesting faces, travels, watches fantasy and sci-fi, and reads a LOT. The story of 'The God's Apprentice' was dictated by the character Bane.

Fiona Biedermann

A story about looking on the bright side, set in Renmark, South Australia.


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Ute Rozenbilds

Ute Rozenbilds is an artist, author and psychiatrist. Her story in the 2015 Romance Writers of Australia 'Peridot Anthology' is 'Time Heals'.

Thomas Corfield

Doctor Thomas Corfield was born in London and moves frequently. Growing up with lots of cats and dogs may have something to do with the absurdity of the 'Velvet Paw of Asquith' series.

​Leesa Bow

Leesa Bow grew up in Broken Hill and is a huge sports fan. She began writing when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer, as a form of therapy, and hasn't been able to stop.