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

Timotheos Firestone

Timotheos is an intentional community founder and environmentalist who has a career in video game programming. Having planned to write fantasy and science fiction ever since childhood, he is working on his first novel, which decided it was going to be a deeply personal speculative near-future romance instead. The novel is aimed to be a relatable exploration of trends in society and issues facing humanity, with a backdrop of how technology advances happening now will affect everyday life in the coming years.

He joined Writer's Rendezvous to absorb the creative life-force of the motivated, inspired writers found within.
https://firestone.eco

Kathleen Mason

Kathleen is an aspiring author who began writing short stories as a child and recently graduated to drafting a novel-length manuscript. Drawing inspiration from popular culture and real life, she writes heartfelt, often romantic stories that feature characters overcoming immense turmoil. With her current project - Breathe Again - entering its 5th round of edits, she hopes to begin submitting it to agents/publishers in 2023. 

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 was published in 2021. Her heart felt wish is to inspire, educate and empower children about the environment. 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 is also writing a 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

Fascinated by human behaviour, Jane studied psychology, worked as a nurse, then found reward teaching students from diverse backgrounds. Her vibrant debut novel Emigree, the first book in her The Crying Tree series duology was published in 2020. The second, Niche will be released in Nov 2022. She gains inspiration for honing her craft by reading widely, and meeting with her supportive writers’ group. A member of Queensland Writers Centre, Jane lives with her family on rugged acreage in Brisbane’s outskirts
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, followed by the release of book two Saving Dragonflies in 2021. Unafraid to tackle differing genres, she has co-written a  coming-of-age thriller Flames To a Moth, which was published in 2020. She is currently writing Book 3 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.