After being born during a dry heat wave in South Australia, Carly has lived in many places in Australia and New Zealand, from snow and ice, to the temperate and the tropics; and worked in many jobs from designer/illustrator, to dishwasher, to the emergency services. She now lives with many cherished animals on the coast of South Eastern Australia.
Crocodile Tears and Other Not Quite True Tales is a tangle of tales of adventure and environment, inner demons and conflict, often on the verge of self-mocking.