Téa always wanted to be an author. It started with a rather risqué story in the back of an exercise book at boarding school featuring the long suffering school gardener–he wasn’t the stuff romantic heroes were made of but it was before she knew any better.
Life and few heroes of her own showed her the error of her ways and with a baby under one arm, a husband, and a half built house she entered a Mills and Boon writing competition. To her absolute earth shattering amazement she won second place — the prize was a bottle of perfume! Next time she determined she would do better.
But writing was very much the stuff of fantasy and her family, a herd of alpacas, a protea farm, and teaching intervened until she decided it was time to do or die. No more procrastination. The characters and plots that had lived in her head for so long were clamoring to escape.
In August 2011 she got serious and joined Romance Writers Australia. Tree Change, her first contemporary romance novel was published in November 2012 and The Protea Boys and Passionfruit & Poetry followed in 2013. She has also written three historical romances.
Téa’s love for old movies and all things ‘retro’ inspired Passionfruit & Poetry — and, in all honesty, the most disgustingly delicious passionfruit and lemon tarts made by her local patisserie.
She now lives in a tiny time-warp village in the Hunter Valley, Australia where she finds a wealth of inspiration for her contemporary and historical novels. Discover more about her world at www.teacooperauthor.com or connect with her on Facebook|Twitter|Pinterest