R. Bownds

Born in Albany, Western Australia, R. Bownds has been exploring her passion for writing since childhood, creating short stories, comics, poetry, and songs. Her family journeyed through the Australian outback, taking on various occupations, such as farming, gold mining, opal mining, sapphire mining, and rabbit trapping.

She studied school via correspondence at the kitchen table in a hut made from corrugated iron sheeting and canvas tarp walls. A life rich with experiences and knowledge of the Australian outback and its people's way of life. Her novels draw on these experiences.

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