Sara Powter was born on the NSW Central Coast in 1959. Her childhood was spent with her parents travelling mostly up and down the East Coast of Australia, fishing, Shell collecting and doing some of her education by Correspondence Schooling. With a passion for Science she worked for the Department of Agriculture as a Scientific Assistant in the Entomology Department. She married Stephen soon after leaving there and they spent 30 years in Ministry in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in NSW, only retiring at the end of 2020. When ‘Covid 19’ hit, ‘time’ was available to pen some of the stories she’d wanted to write for some time. Within just four months, three stories were finished and a fourth on the way. These stem from her passion of Colonial Australia, her convict Ancestors and the amazing history of the Amazing country, Australia! Sara did thess as she wishe dto finishe one of her mothers unfinished manuscripts. "Dancing to her own tune" is now completed and ties in Sheila Hunters Australian Trilogy with Saras Lockley series. There is a second prequel to these that shes nearing completion. "Amelias Tears" . Watch for more...
Cover Paintings are all by Joseph Lycett. An Early Colonial artist. They are all in public domain usage and held in various libraries throughout Australia