Fetter was born in and educated in Canberra. Her first play, Hypothalamania, (performed while she was still a teenager) was an award winner. The Australian Theatre for Young People held the rights to the play from 1994-1996 and performed it in venues across New South Wales. Fetter began a Creative Arts degree at the University of Wollongong, but decided to abandon study in favour of spending more time writing.
