ROWENA MOHR GREW UP IN rural Queensland. While her brothers and sisters were out milking cows and driving tractors, Rowena stayed inside and read, or acted out her own stories in the bush surrounding the house.
She successfully avoided becoming a writer for many years, moving to Melbourne and working as an actor on TV shows such as Carson’s Law and Neighbours, and then as a theatrical agent helping other actors find work. At the same time, she began writing stories for children and young adults inspired by her own remembered experiences of how simultaneously awful and wonderful being a teenager really is.
Rowena has recently moved back to Queensland because she missed the sunshine.