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Fiona McCallum grew up in the South Australian countryside on a cereal and wool farm. She moved to inner-city Melbourne to attend university as a mature-age student, and worked as a writing an editing consultant. After moving to Adelaide, she was able to take time to pursue publication. Her tenth novel was released in 2018.
Voted number 44 in the Booktopia Top 50 Favourite Australian Authors for 2018
Awards for Works
yWattle CreekChatswood:Mira Books,2012Z18843312012single work novel romance 'Damien McAllister is a man on the brink. Spending long, hard days on a farm he has no affection for, and nights ignoring the criticisms of his mother, Damien can no longer remember what he's living for. But in a small town like Wattle Creek, there are few people to turn to — and Damien learned long ago to keep his problems to himself.
Until Jacqueline Havelock, a young psychologist escaping her own issues, arrives fresh from the city and makes Damien question everything he has known about himself...also igniting a spark in his lonely heart.
Soon Damien is daring to ask for more than an ordinary life, and can glimpse the possibility of happiness. Will this accidental farmer dare to fulfil the long-forgotten legacy of his father and find peace in the arms of the doctor?
Or will the ghosts of their pasts threaten the fragile new lives they've just begun to build?' (Publisher's blurb)