Hi, I’m Mel …

… and I believe in magic.

I grew up on a diet of Enid Blyton, C. S. Lewis and E. Nesbitt. The kind of magic I found inside Narnia and the Enchanted Forest is the kind I try to create inside my own stories, for you.

From the first time I saw a kitchen herb garden at a stately home in England, I was hooked on the magic of herbs. I raided my mum’s spice rack for something to make a potion from and found only some sorry-looking dried sage. That packet of sage became my first herbal tea—slightly tangy and perfect for a sore mouth or throat.

Fast-forward twenty years, a psychology degree and a toe-dip into an IT career, and I fled the English weather to study herbal medicine on the other side of the world.

I’m still here, Down Under, with my partner, a couple of kids and a couple of cats.

I write stories to help you believe in magic too.