Terry Whitebeach has been teaching creative writing for over three decades in schools, tertiary institutions and communities in all states of Australia and in the USA. Her published work includes poetry, novels, biography, children’s picture books, radio plays, essays and reviews. She has a BA in English Literature and Philosophy, MA in English Literature and Creative Writing and PhD in History – Biography. Terry has edited a number of collections of writing and is currently a mentor for the Australian Society of Authors and a manuscript assessor and workshop facilitator for the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre.