About the Author

Dale Lorna Jacobsen is a freelance writer who has the good fortune to live in the bush just outside Maleny, Queensland. Following two strands of interest, she is a contract researcher and writer for Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Life Member of The Brisbane Labour History Association. Dale has won awards for her short stories, including ABC Short Story Award in 2005. Her first novel, Union Jack, was published in 2010. She fulfilled a life-long goal of an expedition to Antarctica in 2013...more on her website: dalelornajacobsen.com.