I was born in a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in 1999. Growing up, I read books from time to time but never thought much of it. During my teenage years, mental illness hit me like a ton of bricks. While I was struggling through school and my mental health, books captured me in their pages and took me to another world.

The reading platform Wattpad became an obsession between my friends and me. While sitting through class, I found myself sneakily reading stories instead of focusing on class.

At fifteen, I decided to attempt writing my own book. From the age of fifteen to eighteen, all I could do was read and write. I had dropped out of school due to my mental health, lost friendships, and became a shell of a person. But books were always there for me to escape my own life.

Through the darkness of my mind I had found my passion in life and it was in the form of books.

Trying to decide what I wanted to do with my life was easy enough, something to do with literature. Realising I would battle mental health for the rest of my life, writing seemed like the perfect job for me.

At eighteen, things started picking up for me. I began working a nine to five job and even began studying. I pursued a certificate in freelance journalism to learn different aspects of the written world. But becoming a published author was always my goal.

It's been a hard journey, so many ups and downs, continuing to fight my own demons, but at twenty-two, I became a published author.