HMC is a freelance writer, teacher and artist who resides on the Gold Coast, Australia.  She has a degree in psychology, writes a column for an online magazine and blogs about global issues.  HMC  is inspired by many genres, but has always been particularly fascinated by magic, thrillers or books with a twist. ‘It’s so great when I don’t see it coming. Who doesn’t love a good twist?’ At the tender age of eleven, she found her first favourite author- Stephen King. At bedtime, she would creep out into the hallway where there was just enough light to read on. When the couch squeak signalled her mother’s movement, she would rush back to bed and hide under the covers. HMC went on to fall obsessively in love with reading and has spent hour upon hour in the clasps of an eclectic bunch of authors from R.L Stein and Paul Jennings to J.R.R. Tolkien. She later moved on to fall for authors such as the late and great Bryce Courtenay and J.K Rowling. HMC is also an outed ‘Twihard’- Stephanie Myer fan. HMC began drawing around the age of twelve and would look through tattoo books at her mother’s friend’s garage. She would copy the images until she began to form a style of her own. Art became another obsession and she began to put the artwork with her poems and writing. HMC was ‘unable’ to attend a tattoo parlour for her work experience placement in year eleven. It was a good thing too apparently, because her second choice was a primary school classroom. There, HMC fell in love with the children and often speaks very passionately about her first profession. ‘There is nothing more gratifying than having a child smile back at you, when they have just understood something- they never had before.’ HMC was lucky enough to find herself in a school that was not only enthusiastic about the visual arts and creative writing, but that believed every child was creative. The Silkwood School on the Gold Coast not only fostered what she believed education should look like- it even helped her to follow her own dreams of becoming a published author. Through leadership programs and being surrounded by positive, energetic colleagues, HMC was persuaded to do something with her writing. Now, her journey as an author begins, and in the coming months, her debut novel WHITE WALLS will be released. HMC hopes that someone might read her books into the wee hours of the morning and that she will have them biting their nails in anticipation- much like her favourite authors did for her.  

HMC's work was picked up by a local publishing house very quickly. She has been a finalist in the the NEITA teaching awards and won first prize in her annual University Art competition, while studying psychology at Griffith.
HMC has also been a representative of the Australian Teachers' Union and currently has two ARIs on the interenet including 'Artspionage' and 'Free Art Friday- Gold Coast'.