Born in Waiourou, New Zealand, I spent most of my childhood in Perth, WA (Australia), and Darwin, NT (Australia). I am currently living in the small upper South Island town of Blenheim, New Zealand. Born with many difficulties, I struggled through most of my childhood, and was told by many doctors that I would never walk, speak or be able to communicate in any way. I took this as my queue to write, so I did. As you could imagine (with most of the things going around in my life at the time), my writing was of a darker nature, even from the early age of 5-6yo. Teachers sent me to psychologists, more...