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In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

It took me a long time to even dare to envision myself as a writer. I was very uncertain and hesitant and afraid to pursue a creative life.

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

I wasn't always a novelist. I began my writing career as a journalist, working on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney, Australia, doing the crime beat and court reporting. Having grown up in a small country town, I felt as though I had nothing to write about.

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.