GROUP MEMBERS
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Carleton Chinner

 Carleton Chinner is the author of the Cities of the Moon series of science fiction novels and a reviewer for the Australian Speculative Fiction Review.

​He is an Australian born writer who grew up on a remote farm in South Africa, where the trip to the town library was the highlight of his week. He devoured anything science fiction, fantasy and horror. And, when that wasn’t enough, turned to urban legend and traditional tribal histories which combined to provide a heady brew of stories. When not writing, he works as a project manager on large corporate programs.
More info can be found at - www.carletonchinner.com

James T. Culverhouse

James lives in Dayboro with his wife, Peta.  In his spare time, he writes fantasy stories and crime thrillers.  His first book, Wolf And The Crow, was published in 2019.

​He is a member of Writer’s Rendezvous, the Queensland Writers Group and the State Library of Queensland.  He contributes to Writers Rendezvous and The Late Night Session blog on a regular basis.  He also produces a quarterly newsletter for his employment, is an expert policy and document writer and has been published online.  He has a degree in English and Communication from the University of New England.  He is passionate about golf and is currently owned by Shadow (the cat) and Chad (the dog). 
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P.M. Culverhouse

 Peta M. Culverhouse is an editor and aspiring author who lives in Dayboro with her husband, James.  She enjoys writing science fiction, fantasy and gothic horror. Her penchant for the pen enabled Peta to undertake her Masters of Arts (Editing and Publishing) in 2018 through the University of Southern Queensland. She is a member of Writers Rendezvous, and the Queensland Writers Centre, and volunteers at the State Library of Queensland as a transcriber. Peta is also passionate about repurposing old books, and is the servant to Shadow (the cat) and Chad (the dog). 

Peta's website, PMC Editing, can be found at -
https://pmcediting.wordpress.com

Tina Cardillo

Tina became a member of Writers Rendezvous in 2016. Having reignited her childhood passion for writing, the group has provided an excellent sounding board, a wealth of experience to draw from, lots of encouragement and good-natured banter!  

She delights in writing poetry and has had two poems published in the 2014 MBRC Anthology. In 2018, after a trip to Nepal where she saw and felt firsthand the crippling effects of pollution on the people and the environment, she completed her first children's book Horace and the Hugging Trees, which is due to published this year. Her heart felt wish is to inspire, educate and empower children about the environment. 

​Tina finds writing an exhilarating, yet cathartic process, and greatly enjoys the collaborative experience, enabling the writer and the reader to share and create sheer magic.  Her website is –
www.tinacardillo.com

Brad Davies

Brad has always had an interest in storytelling and enjoys all forms of
writing. He  has a special interest in screenplays and is currently
working on a number of projects with a view to having a major screenplay
produced. What Brad likes about Writers Rendezvous is the sense of community and support from likeminded people.

Donna Davies

Donna has been attending the Writers Rendezvous since 2016 and looks forward to these gatherings each month. The friendliness, the information sharing and acceptance all add in making this space a welcoming and creative one for her.

Donna enjoys writing poetry and has self published a book of her Poetry. She also has a keen interest to write Memoir.

Laurie Healy

Laurie likes to leave the door ajar on his imagination so occasionally a story will emerge from the jumble within, but he’s more a passenger than a driver in the storytelling process. He’s best at short snippets of stories with the odd dabble at poetry, although these are seldom committed to paper. He’s really too sporadic to be really productive but enjoys the writing group and the whole positive feel of it enough to keep wanting to come back. His book Devil's Rest Hotel was published in 2019
​www.lauriehealyauthor.com

David Hearne

David has studied journalism and screenplay writing through QPIX, and has written several screenplays and novellas--The Case of the Notorious Roboticist and Back in Time for a Doughnut being the most recent.
 
He has dabbled in short films, including 72 to 1 which screened in Toowoomba as part of Flickerfest, and hopes to have a feature produced one day. His screenplays have been finalists in many film festivals including the Byron Bay International Film Festival and the Australia Independent Film Festival.
www.davidhearnewriter.com

Jane Ireland

In a former life, Jane worked in healthcare, graduated from university, then worked in education. Now a passionate author, she is currently completing the second of two stand-alone historical family suspense novels in her Crying Tree Series. Emigree debuted in March 2020. Niche will be released later in the year. She has begun her third novel. Various genres are currently seducing her, including psychological thriller and magical realism.

The terrific bunch of people in Writers Rendezvous help keep her focussed and entertained. www.janeirelandauthor.com

George Johnston

George is an aspiring writer who has recently released his first book, Into the Storyverse. You could say that he thinks outside the box but he would prefer to say, What Box? He enjoys writing in a variety of genres and is keen to mash up styles of writing because he can.

​George also likes to help people tell their story or equip people to have their voice heard. He is inspired by the natural environment and is keen on bush walking and kayaking. For George, Writers Rendezvous is a group of creative people who are great at encouraging each other.
www.georgejohnstonauthor.com

Eric Morgan

Eric Morgan is learning to write, shades of magic realism informed by slow travels through the Andes, Nepal and Turkey as well as the deserts of Australia. He needs help with complex characters as well as translating gutter latin.

Vicki Stevens

​To improve her own writing skills, Vicki started Writers Rendezvous in 2012. This writers' group has proven to be a haven for inspiration and learning for many where, in the company of other eager and friendly writers, abilities are challenged, stretched and aroused.

2018 saw Vicki fulfil her dream of publishing her first novel, Shaking Trees, the first book in her Abby Eaton Mystery series. Unafraid to tackle differing genres, she has co-written a soon to be published coming of age thriller Flames To a Moth, and is currently writing Book 2 in the Abby Eaton series.  
​www.vickistevens.com.au

Christina Walker

Christina was born in a small town in Germany that today doesn’t 
exist any more. She now lives in an equally small town in Queensland, 
Australia that does still exist. She wrote her university thesis on 
female war correspondents, was a radio and newspaper journalist, and 
managed a bed & breakfast in France where she met lots of interesting people. She has written several short stories and is currently working on her first suspense novel.

Adam Wyatt

Adam is an aspiring author who lives in Dayboro and has a keen interest in the themes of the supernatural, horror and historical fiction. He is an ex-soldier turned civil engineer and his other interests include gardening, cooking and astronomy. Adam is currently in the process of writing a supernatural fiction novel using his experiences from the war in Afghanistan as inspiration for his book set between the horrors of the Napoleonic wars and the harsh conditions of life in in Australian in the 1820s.

Mary Wyatt

Mary’s love of writing stretches back to early school days when the art of composition was introduced. Short stories followed and an early highlight was winning an Anzac Day essay competition and reading it aloud in the Town Hall before an audience of townsfolk, parents and peers. In later years memorable occasions would be celebrated in poetic form and with stories.
Currently Mary is writing a memoir, celebrating  a nursing career of four decades with tales and reflections of hospital life from the 1970’s onwards