Rachael Johns is a teacher of English by trade, a mum 24/7, a Diet Coke addict, a cat lover and chronic arachnophobe. She is also the bestselling, ABIA-winning author of The Patterson Girls and a number of other romance and women's fiction books including The Art of Keeping Secrets, The Greatest Gift, Lost Without You, Just One Wish, Something to Talk About, Flying the Nest and How to Mend a Broken Heart. Rachael rarely sleeps, never irons and loves nothing more than sitting in bed with her laptop and imagining her own stories. She is currently Australia's leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women's issues, a genre she has coined 'life-lit'. Rachael lives in the Swan Valley with her hyperactive husband, three mostly gorgeous heroes-in-training, two ravenous cats, a cantankerous bird and a very badly behaved dog. A Bachelor of Performing Arts graduate, Elizabeth has a vast background in classical theatre, improvisation and devised performance. After completing several successful seasons with The Australian Shakespeare Company and performing in/co-devising the Green Room Award nominated production of The Nose, she has recently expanded into film work, appearing in corporate adverts, music videos and short films, both independent and professional.
'Rachael Johns has done it again, writing a book that you want to devour in one sitting, and then turn back to the first page to savour it all over again.' (on The Greatest Gift) -- Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author 'Utterly absorbing and wonderfully written ...' (on The Art of Keeping Secrets) -- Sally Hepworth, author of The Mother-In-Law