About Tasha

Before becoming a full-time mum in 2004, I worked for a number of years as a sub-editor and copywriter on various magazines and TV guides in both London and Sydney, including Vogue Australia, She Australia, The Sky TV Guide and The Sun TV Guide to name a few.

It was while working in Sydney that I decided to create the time to write a novel. To my amazement, the novel I wrote, Ticket To Ride, won the interest of a couple of literary agents (as well as being rejected by hoards of others). Although in the end publishers turned it down, it still felt like a great success just to have made it that far. So without further ado, I got cracking on my next idea, Package Deal. Again, an agent took me on and enthusiastically took it to the publishers only to receive a round of rejections. By this time I was heavily pregnant with my first child and decided to put writing on the back burner for a while.

Over the past few years I have noticed new trends within the publishing industry – from Richard and Judy’s all-powerful influence to successful new authors self-publishing their work before being swept up by an established publishing house, like in the case of Stephen Clarke (A Year In The Merde). With even major bookshops offering to publish new writers’ manuscripts, suddenly self-publishing seemed like a worthwhile route to try.

So here I am. I had a wail of a time writing this book, and so far, those who have read it have given it the thumbs up. So I hope that you enjoy it, and if you do, pass it on to someone else!

Tasha