Writing found Janelle when she was in Year 2 and the best story ever written was beaten out by a boy who received the creative writing award. She's still bitter about that although she did manage to relieve him of all his marbles at lunchtime so all was not lost. Janelle wrote another best ever story in Year 9, unfortunately she was in Geography and her epee-wielding teacher didn't appreciate the epic tale of the rogue geography teacher going on a rampage with an epee. All her pleas that it wasn't about her teacher fell on deaf ears. Passing notes in class she took as a challenge. Her contributions were in red... to indicate all the spelling and grammatical errors. She knows absolutely nothing about Forget-Me-Nots, she has no idea where Kazakhstan is and has an irrational fear of heights, public toilets and peas. She has three children and yes, she does have a favourite. Janelle loves to visit new places although she doesn't like to travel. And, she spends most of her life in pyjamas. She grew up in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. Janelle now lives in Gol Gol, NSW, Australia with her husband, two dogs and a cat that she isn't supposed to know they have.