Queensland

Born in Berri, South Australia, and raised in the mountains of southeast Queensland, she studied speech and drama at Trinity College London and later completed a master's degree in Victorian literature. Her first novel, The House at Riverton, launched an international career and helped establish her reputation for elegant historical fiction.

Her books include The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Lake House, The Clockmaker's Daughter, and Homecoming. Across these novels, she often explores hidden histories, old houses, family ties, and the ways the past keeps shaping the present.

She has been widely translated and read around the world, with several of her novels becoming bestsellers. Even when her stories stretch across decades, they tend to stay grounded in intimate emotional lives, which is a big part of their appeal as audiobooks.