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Born in Henley-on-Thames, she settled in Sydney as an adult, and worked for some years as a journalist and social researcher. Her debut novel won the Ampersand Prize in 2018.
yStars Like UsRichmond:Hardie Grant Children's Publishing,2020188841752020single work novel young adult romance
'Liliana’s hitting all the wrong notes. She’s a sixteen-year-old exchange student with a secret crush on Carter, her new band’s smoking hot guitarist – but she’s also got a girlfriend back home.
'So when she writes a song about him and it lands the band a record deal, she quickly realises she’s in hot water.
'Soon, Liliana will have to choose – between an alluring boy and the girl she left behind, between love and lust, and between the fame that beckons and staying true to the music that’s in her heart.'