About Lily

When my youngest son was about one, he put a golf club through a painting I’d been slaving away at for months. Trust me, he did the world a favour.

After that, I thought ‘stuff this painting caper’ and I wrote my first book, His Brand of Beautiful. I’ve now written seven full length rural romance stories and a novella all published by Harlequin (HarperCollins).

The Chalk Hill Series is my best-selling rural romance series and Book 4, The Vet’s Country Holiday is due for Australian release in April 2022. Chalk Hill is a fictional town set in the Great Southern Wine Region of Western Australia. You’d love it there. It has wildflowers, bush walks, crops, sheep, mountains, whales not far away, and some of the tallest trees you’ll ever see. The first three books are a connected series. they feature the Honeychurch boys… three gorgeous brothers, Jake, Abel and Brix. Each brother finds his happy ever. The Vet’s Country Holiday is set in Chalk Hill but is a stand-alone story. Pre-orders for The Vet’s Country Holiday will open soon.

In 2021, like much of the world post-Covid, I was feeling a tad aimless in my writing and not sure where to head next. Well, I fixed that by writing my first crime/mystery novel THE WATERHOLE. That’s my newest release.

For a bit of fun, I also self-publish two novellas set in my hometown of Cowaramup in Western Australia. They’re feel-good, romantic comedy/cozy mystery reads called The Butterfly House Series, and I describe them as “Bridget Jones meets the Cowaramup Cows.”

You can find out more about my books by visiting the ‘My Books’ menu.

LILY’S LIST OF COOL STUFF:

Publishes THE WATERHOLE – my debut mystery/crime title. November 2021.
Joins independent publishing group Pilyara Press in August 2021.
Contributing author to 3-in-1 bestseller anthology, Under The Vines with Tricia Stringer and Jacquie Underdown. My story is The Vineyard In The Hills. The book released right in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. March 23, 2020
Author of The Chalk Hill series, three rural romance stories published in 2018 and 2019. Book 1: WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE; Book 2: THE CAFE BY THE BRIDGE and Book 3: LAST BRIDGE BEFORE HOME
Number 1 on Amazon AU for the first time with THE VINEYARD IN THE HILLS, June 15, 2018
Self published, The Butterfly House series. WHO KILLED THE BRIDE? and WHO KILLED THE MOVIE STAR? Two romantic comedies/cozy mysteries set in my hometown of Cowaramup.
Contract from Harlequin MIRA (HarperCollins) for 3 book series, The Chalk Hill Series, May 2017.
Print release, THE VINEYARD IN THE HILLS, August 22, 2016
ARRA Finalist 2015, Best Contemporary Romance, for THE VINEYARD IN THE HILLS (formerly, So Far Into You)
Print anthology, Harlequin MIRA: MORE TIME FOR THE BEACH Summer 2015-16
Long-listed 2014 and 2015, Margaret River Short Story Competition
Romance panelist April 2015, STORIES ON STAGE, Koorliny Arts Centre
Finalist: Perth’s Shortest Story Competition 2015
Finalist: First Kiss competition, Romance Writers Of Australia, 2011

When I’m not writing, I love gardening, walking, wine, and walking in gardens (sometimes with wine). Life is good! I live in the Margaret River region of Western Australia with my husband, and two handsome sons who take after their Dad.

I’m a member of Australian Fiction Authors and Australian and New Zealand Rural Fiction.